Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso Appointed Local Ordinary of Manga Diocese

In May 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou and assigned him the Titular See of Sutunurca. He was ordained a Bishop in August 2012.

In 2020, following the Holy Mass of the opening the Year of St. Joseph in Ouagadougou Archdiocese, Bishop Ouédraogo called on husbands to emulate the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and make their families happy. 

"Take the example of St. Joseph who did not say to himself that: 'I am the head of the family and it is I who command,'" the Bishop said in an interview. 

Instead, the Bishop said, St. Joseph said, “I am the head of the family to protect my family, to help my children and my wife to flourish. So, I must be ready to do everything I can to help them get better, because God entrusted them to me as a sign of his friendship for me."

The Burkinabe Catholic Bishop said if men take care of their wives and children,  "families would be fulfilled." 

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Once installed, Bishop Ouédraogo will serve as the third Local Ordinary of the Burkinabe Diocese that was erected in January 1997.

The Diocese that is part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ouédraogo has a population of 168,088 Catholic, according to 2020 statistics.

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.