Théophile Naré

Théophile Naré (born 7 July 1966) is a Burkinabe Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaya, Burkina Faso since 7 December 2018. Before that, from 8 July 1995 until 7 December 2018, he was a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Koupéla. He was consecrated and installed at Kaya on 2 March 2019 by Archbishop Piergiorgio Bertoldi, Titular Archbishop of Hispellum. Bishop Théophile Naré was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dori, Burkina Faso, since 2 February 2025.

Background and education He was born on 7 July 1966 in Yargo, in the diocese of Koupéla. He studied philosophy at Saint Jean Baptiste de Wayalghin Interdiocesan Seminary, in Ouagadougou. He then studied theology at the Saint Pierre Claver de Koumi Interdiocesan Major Seminary, in Bobo-Dioulasso. He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Koupéla on 8 July 1995.

He also holds a degree in Sacred Scripture, awarded by the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum), in Rome, Italy, where he studied from 2000 until 2005. As part of that degree, he also studied at the École Biblique de Jérusalem in Jerusalem. Between 2005 and 2006, he studied at the Institute for the Training of Clergy Educators (IFEC), in Paris, France, where he obtained a "certificate in training for clergy educators".