Avenue named after first
non-French West African Catholic Bishop
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History was made towards the end of 2019, when in Koupéla,
in the central-east of Burkina Faso, an avenue was inaugurated. The avenue
called Mgr Dieudonné Yougbaré, was named after the first indigenous Burkinabè
Bishop.
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The inauguration of the avenue, comes two years after a 2017
Symposium on the life of this great figure of the Burkinabè Church.
White Fathers arrived in Koupéla in 1900
An avenue of Koupéla in central-eastern Burkina Faso is now
named after the very first non-French West African Catholic Bishop, Mgr
Dieudonné Yougbaré. This avenue runs through the centre of Koupéla and ends at
the entrance of the city where a monument of the first White Fathers
(Missionaries of Africa) is erected. The White Fathers arrived in January 1900
in Upper Volta (old name of Burkina Faso).
The Bishop introduced many social initiatives to benefit the
people
The inauguration of the road took place in the presence of
many Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger as well as
civic leaders of Koupéla. In naming the avenue after Bishop Yougbaré, the city
recognised the leadership and many social initiatives the Bishop undertook for
the benefit of the people.
Appointed Bishop by Pope Pius XII
Dieudonné Yougbaré (16 February 1917 – 4 November 2011) was
only 39 years old at his appointment as Bishop of Koupéla on 29 February 1956,
by Pope Pius XII. He was consecrated Bishop on 8 July 1956, by Cardinal
Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Archbishop of Lyon, France.
After his retirement in 1995, Bishop Yougbaré lived in
Bagré, about 90 km from Koupéla, where he founded a retirement home for elderly
priests. He died on 4 November 2011.
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