Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo
Church Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese Ouagadougou See Ouagadougou Appointed 13 May 2009 Term ended 16 October 2023 Predecessor Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré Other post(s) Cardinal-Priest of Consolatrice al Tiburtino (2014–)Ordination 14 July 1973 Consecration 23 November 1996 by Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré Created cardinal 22 February 2014 by Pope Francis Rank Cardinal-Priest Born Philippe Ouédraogo
(1945-12-31 ) 31 December 1945 (age 78) Nationality Burkinabè Previous post(s) Bishop of Ouahigouya (1996–2009)President of the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (2001-2007) Motto In vinculo Caritatis, annuntiemus Iesum Christum (With bands of love, proclaim Jesus Christ)Coat of arms
Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo [pronunciation? ] (born 31 December 1945) is a Burkinabè retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Ouagadougou from 2009 to 2023. He has been a cardinal since 2014. He was previously Bishop of Ouahigouya from 1996 to 2009.
Biography
He was born on 31 December 1945[1] in Konéan in Kaya Department .[2] He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Pabré in Ouagadougou from 1959 to 1967 and then at the Grand Séminaire Régional de Koumi in Bobo-Dioulasso from 1967 to 1973.[1]
He was ordained a priest of the diocese of Kaya on 4 July 1973.[2] After serving for five years as vicar of the cathedral parish, he studied at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome from 1979 to 1983, earning a doctorate in canon law.[3] [4] He returned to Kaya and from 1983 to 1996 he performed parish work while serving at the same time as vicar general of the Kaya Diocese and director of its seminary.[3] [4]
He was appointed bishop of Ouahigouya on 5 July 1996 and consecrated on 23 November 1996 by Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré , Archbishop of Ouagadougou.[2]
Pope Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Ouagadougou on 13 May 2009.[5]
He was president of the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger from 2001 to 2007.[3]
Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 22 February 2014 and assigned to him the titular church of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino .[6] He was the second cardinal from Burkina Faso, following Paul Zoungrana (1917–2000).[2]
He was named a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Council for Inter Religious Dialogue on 22 May 2014[7] and of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 28 October 2016.[8]
He received a papal appointment to participate in the Synod on the Family in October 2014[9] and October 2015.[10]
In July 2019 he was elected president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).[11]
Ouedraogo was diagnosed with COVID-19 on 30 March 2020, but has recovered from the virus since.[12]
Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop on 16 October 2023.[13]
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