Gabriel Sayaogo

Gabriel Sayaogo (born 9 January 1962) is a Burkinabe Catholic prelate who is the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Koupéla in Burkina Faso since 7 December 2019. Before that, from 28 December 2010 until 7 Dember 2019, he was the bishop of the Diocese of Manga in Burkina Faso. He was appointed bishop on 28 December 2010 by Pope Benedict. He was ordained and installed at Manga, Burkina Faso, on 30 April 2011. His installation as archbishop at Koupéla, took place on 18 January 2020.

Background and education He was born on 9 January 1962 in Niességa, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouahigouya, in the north of the country. He grew up in Koudougou, west of the capital city of Ouagadougou. He studied philosophy at the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Major Seminary from 1984 until 1986. He then completed his theology studies. He was ordained a priest in Ouahigouya Diocese on 13 July 1991. He holds a Doctorate in Canon Law awarded by the Pontifical Urban University, in Rome, Italy in 2001.

Priesthood On 13 July 1991, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Province of Ouagadougou. He served as priest until 28 December 2010.