RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Philippe Ouédraogo

1945 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Ouédraogo is the 1,203rd most popular religious figure (up from 2,202nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Burkinabe Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Philippe Ouédraogo ranks 1,203 out of 3,187Before him are Friedrich Wetter, Henri de Lubac, Didymus the Blind, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, Blase J. Cupich, and Shaykh Tusi. After him are George Fox, Angelo Comastri, Antipope Victor IV, Peter Claver, Adhemar of Le Puy, and Epaphroditus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Philippe Ouédraogo ranks 142Before him are Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Brion James, Igor Ivanov, and Robert Wyatt. After him are Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, John Garang, Brenda Fricker, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, and Wim Suurbier.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Philippe Ouédraogo ranks 4 out of 49Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), and Ibrahim Traoré (1988). After him are Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Michel Kafando (1942), Yacouba Sawadogo (1946), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965), and Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Burkina Faso

Among religious figures born in Burkina Faso, Philippe Ouédraogo ranks 1