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His age-related request to retire from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, was accepted on 18 December 2024 by Pope Francis, and Bishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré was appointed as his successor as archbishop at Bobo-Dioulasso.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"3 May 1948","date":"1948-05-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307401#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Treichville","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q493643"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307401#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ivory Coast","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1008"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307401#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867","start":"1974-07-20"},{"text":"Catholic bishop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611644","start":"1997-05-18"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307401#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (14 June 2013 – 14 June 2019)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2013-06-14","end":"2019-06-14"},{"text":"Catholic archbishop (13 November 2010 – 18 December 2024)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48629921","start":"2010-11-13","end":"2024-12-18"},{"text":"diocesan bishop (24 January 1997 – 13 November 2010)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1144278","start":"1997-01-24","end":"2010-11-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307401#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Yemboaro_Ou%C3%A9draogo","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307401"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo born?","a":"Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo was born on 3 May 1948 in Treichville."},{"q":"What positions has Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo held?","a":"Positions held by Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo include: president (2013–2019); Catholic archbishop (2010–2024); diocesan bishop (1997–2010)."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"Pope Pius IV","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-iv"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-vii"},{"name":"Pope Callixtus II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-callixtus-ii"},{"name":"Pope Clement V","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-v"},{"name":"Pope Innocent XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Benedict XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-benedict-xiii"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Yemboaro_Ou%C3%A9draogo","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1307401","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307401","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/paul-yemboaro-ouedraogo. Retrieved 9 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:41:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-09","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-yemboaro-ouedraogo","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-yemboaro-ouedraogo","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-yemboaro-ouedraogo?lang=ne"}}