The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Burkina Faso
This page contains a list of the greatest Burkinabe Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 3,187 Religious Figures, 1 of which were born in Burkina Faso. This makes Burkina Faso the birth place of the 121st most number of Religious Figures behind Liechtenstein, and Curaçao.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Burkinabe Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Burkinabe Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Philippe Ouédraogo (b. 1945)
With an HPI of 65.22, Philippe Ouédraogo is the most famous Burkinabe Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo ([filip we.dʁa.o.ɡo]; born 1945) is a Burkinabé Catholic retired prelate who served as Archbishop of Ouagadougou from 2009 to 2023. He was made a cardinal in 2014. He was previously Bishop of Ouahigouya from 1996 to 2009.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Burkinabe religious figures born between 1945 and 1945. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Burkinabe religious figures include Philippe Ouédraogo. As of April 2024, 1 new Burkinabe religious figures have been added to Pantheon including Philippe Ouédraogo.
