Diocese of Kaya

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaya (Latin: Dioecesis Kayana) is a diocese located in the city of Kaya in the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla in Burkina Faso.

History

• 26 June 1969: Established as Diocese of Kaya from the Diocese of Koupéla and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou

Bishops

• Bishop Constantin Guirma (26 June 1969 – 9 March 1996)
• Bishop Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (30 March 1996 – 14 May 1998)
• Bishop Thomas Kaboré (19 April 1999 – 7 December 2018)
• Bishop Théophile Naré^[1] (since 7 December 2018)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, appointed Bishop of Ouahigouya in 1996; future Cardinal

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Burkina Faso