Justin Kientega

Justin Kientega (born 7 July 1959) is a Burkinabe Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso since 2 February 2010. Before that, from 25 July 1987 until 2 February 2010, he was a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Koudougou. He was consecrated and installed at Ouahigouya on 29 May 2010 by Archbishop Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou.

Background and education He was born on 7 July 1959 in Temnaoré, Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso. He studied philosophy at the Saint Jean-Baptiste Major Seminary in Ouagadougou, from 1980 until 1982. He then studied theology at the Saint Pierre Claver de Koumi Major Seminary in Bobo Dioulasso, from 1982 until 1987. He studied at the Camillianum Institute of the Theology of Pastoral Care in Sick, in Rome, Italy from 2002 until 2007, graduating with a Doctorate in Pastoral Theology of Health.

Priesthood On 25 July 1987, he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Koudougou, Burkina Faso. He was a priest until 2 Feb 2010.