Séraphin François Rouamba

Séraphin François Rouamba (born 1942) is a Burkinabe Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Koupéla, from December 2000 until his retirement in 2019. Before that, from 1 June 1995 until 5 December 2000, he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Koupéla, Burkina Faso. He was appointed bishop on 1 June 1995 by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated and installed at Koupéla, on 21 October 1995 by Archbishop Antonio Mattiazzo, Bishop of Padua. On 5 December 2000, The Holy Father appointed him archbishop of the Metropolitan Province of Koupéla, when the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese. He resigned as archbishop on 7 December 2019 and lives on as Archbishop Emeritus of Koupéla, Burkina Faso.

Background and priesthood He was born in 1942 at Ouagadougou, in the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou. After studying philosophy and theology at seminary, he was ordained a priest on 27 June 1970. He served as a priest until 1 June 1995.

As bishop On 1 June 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed him as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Koupéla. He was consecrated and installed at Koupéla, Burkina Faso on 21 October 1995 by the hands of Archbishop Antonio Mattiazzo, Bishop of Padua assisted by Archbishop Luigi Ventura, Titular Archbishop of Equilium and Archbishop Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré, Archbishop of Ouagadougou.

While archbishop at Koupéla, Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba, served as president of the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger.