# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-yemboaro-ouedraogo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:41:11.446Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-yemboaro-ouedraogo"
name: "Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo"
slug: "paul-yemboaro-ouedraogo"
description: "Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo is a Burkinabe Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, from 13 November 2010 until his retirement on 18 December 2024. Before that, from 24 January 1997 until 13 November 2010, he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fada N'Gourma, Burkina Faso. He was appointed bishop on 24 January 1997 by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated and installed at Fada N'Gourma, on 18 May 1997 by Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina. 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."
tagline: "Ivorian Catholic archbishop"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1948-05-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump