Philippe Ouédraogo (cardinal)

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| type = Cardinal

| honorific-prefix = His Eminence

| name = Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo

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| title = Cardinal
Archbishop emeritus of Ouagadougou

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| church = Roman Catholic Church

| archdiocese = Ouagadougou

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| see = Ouagadougou

| appointed = 13 May 2009

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| term_end = 16 October 2023

| predecessor = Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré

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| other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Consolatrice al Tiburtino (2014–)

| ordination = 14 July 1973

| consecration = 23 November 1996

| consecrated_by = Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré

| cardinal = 22 February 2014

| created_cardinal_by = Pope Francis

| rank = Cardinal-Priest

| birth_name = Philippe Ouédraogo

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1945}}

| birth_place = Konéan, French West Africa (now Burkina Faso)

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| nationality = Burkinabè

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| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Bishop of Ouahigouya (1996–2009)|President of the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (2001–2007)}}

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| motto = {{lang|la|In vinculo Caritatis, annuntiemus Iesum Christum}}
(With bands of love, proclaim Jesus Christ)

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| date of priestly ordination = 14 July 1973

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| consecrated by = Jean Marie Untaani Compaore

| co-consecrators = Leon-Raymond Soulier
Constantin Guirma

| date of consecration = 13 November 1996

| elevated by = Pope Francis

| date of elevation = 22 February 2014

| bishop 1 = Joachim Ouédraogo

| consecration date 1 = 19 March 2005

| bishop 2 = Justin Kientaga

| consecration date 2 = 29 May 2010

| bishop 3 = Médard Léopold Ouédraogo

| consecration date 3 = 11 August 2012

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Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo ({{IPA|fr|filip we.dʁa.o.ɡo|}}; born 1945{{efn|name=birthdate}}) is a Burkinabé Catholic retired prelate who served as Archbishop of Ouagadougou from 2009 to 2023. He was made a cardinal in 2014. He was previously Bishop of Ouahigouya from 1996 to 2009.

Biography

He was born in 1945{{efn|name=birthdate}} in Konéan in Kaya Department.{{cite news | first=Lorraine|last= Kalmogho | date=12 January 2014 | url= http://burkina24.com/news/2014/01/12/eglise-du-burkina-mgr-philippe-ouedraogo-est-devenu-cardinal/ | title =Église du Burkina: Mgr Philippe Ouédraogo est devenu Cardinal | website= Burkina24 | access-date = 13 January 2014 | language =fr}} He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Pabré in Ouagadougou from 1959 to 1967 and then at the Grand Séminaire Régional de Koumi in Bobo-Dioulasso from 1967 to 1973.{{cite web| access-date = 17 June 2024 | title= Ouédraogo Card. Philippe Nakellentuba |website= Holy See Press Office | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_ouedraogo_pn.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904062427/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_ouedraogo_pn.html }}

He was ordained a priest of the diocese of Kaya on 4 July 1973. After serving for five years as vicar of the cathedral parish, he studied at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome from 1979 to 1983, earning a doctorate in canon law.{{cite news | access-date = 17 October 2023 | date = 17 January 2014 | url = https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/burkina-faso-archbishop-says-appointment-cardinal-was-act-grace | title = Burkina Faso archbishop says appointment as cardinal was act of grace | first = Jonathan | last = Luxmoore | work = National Catholic Reporter}} He returned to Kaya and from 1983 to 1996 he performed parish work while serving at the same time as vicar general of the Kaya Diocese and director of its seminary.

He was appointed bishop of Ouahigouya on 5 July 1996 and consecrated on 23 November 1996 by Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré, Archbishop of Ouagadougou.

Pope Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Ouagadougou on 13 May 2009.{{cite press release | website= Holy See Press Office | access-date = 17 October 2023 | date = 13 May 2009 | language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 13.05.2009 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/05/13/0332/00786.html}}

He was president of the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger from 2001 to 2007.{{cite news | access-date = 17 October 2023 | url = https://slmedia.org/blog/meet-the-cardinals-philippe-ouedraogo-ouagadougou-burkina-faso | title = Meet the Cardinals: Philippe Ouedraogo – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | date = 18 February 2014 | website= Salt + Light Media }}

Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 22 February 2014 and assigned to him the titular church of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino.{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2014/documents/ns_lit_doc_20140222_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html |title=Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali |date=22 February 2014 |website=The Holy See |author=Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice |language=it |trans-title=Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals |access-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703072411/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2014/documents/ns_lit_doc_20140222_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=live}} He was the second cardinal from Burkina Faso, following Paul Zoungrana (1917–2000).

He was named a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Council for Inter Religious Dialogue on 22 May 2014{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/05/22/0365/00822.html| date = 22 May 2014 | access-date = 17 October 2023 | language = it | title = Rinunce e nomine, 22.05.2014 | website= Holy See Press Office}} and of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 28 October 2016.{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/10/28/0775/01733.html| date = 28 October 2016 | access-date = 17 October 2023 | language = it | title = Rinunce e nomine, 28.10.2016 | website = Holy See Press Office}}

He received a papal appointment to participate in the Synod on the Family in October 2014{{cite press release | access-date = 17 October 2023 | title = III Assemblea Generale Straordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi (5-19 ottobre 2014): Elenco dei Partecipanti, 09.09.2014 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/09/09/0620/01370.html | date = 9 September 2014 |language=it| website= Holy See Press Office}} and October 2015.{{cite press release | access-date = 17 October 2023 | title = XIV Assemblea Generale Ordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi (4–25 ottobre 2015) – Elenco dei Partecipanti, 15.09.2015 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/09/15/0676/01469.html| date = 15 September 2015 |language=it| website= Holy See Press Office}}

In July 2019 he was elected president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).{{cite news | access-date = 17 October 2023 | url = https://www.aciafrica.org/news/29/cardinal-ouedraogo-elected-president-of-african-bishops-conference | website= ACI Africa | date = 17 August 2019 | title = Cardinal Ouédraogo elected president of African bishops' conference }}. He was in charge until 2023. Ouedraogo was diagnosed with COVID-19 on 30 March 2020, but has recovered from the virus since.{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/03/31/african-cardinal-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-as-pandemic-spreads-across-the-continent/|title=African cardinal tests positive for coronavirus as pandemic spreads across the continent|website= Catholic World Report | agency = CNA Daily News | date = 31 March 2020 | access-date = 17 October 2023}}

Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop on 16 October 2023.{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/10/16/231016c.html | date = 16 October 2023 | access-date = 17 October 2023 | title = Resignations and Appointments, 16.10.2023 | website= Holy See Press Office}}

Cardinals are eligible to vote in the election for a new pope if they were less than 80 years old on 21 April 2025, the day of Pope Francis's death; as it is not known if Ouedraogo was 79 or 80, there is confusion as to his eligibility.{{cite news| last=Squires | first=Nick | title=African cardinal could be dropped from conclave for not knowing his age | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=1 May 2025 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/01/african-cardinal-could-dropped-conclave-not-knowing-age/}}

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{{efn|name=birthdate|Ouédraogo's true birth date is not known. He needed a birth date to participate in a missionary health insurance program in 1973, so provided a random one, January 25, 1945; this was recorded by the Vatican until 2024. However, his official date was recorded by Burkina Faso as December 31, a placeholder value used for unknown birth dates, 1945; this date was recorded in the 2025 Vatican directory. The exact date was of little importance until the date of his 80th birthday came to determine Ouédraogo's eligibility to vote in the 2025 election of a new pope.{{cite news |last=de Pontac |first=Gonzague |title=Age mix-up restores Burkina Faso's eligibility to vote in next conclave |url=https://international.la-croix.com/religion/age-mix-up-restores-burkina-fasos-eligibility-to-vote-in-next-conclave |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=La Croix International |date=18 March 2025 |language=en}}}}

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References

External links

{{cite web| title= Ouédraogo Card. Philippe Nakellentuba |website= Holy See Press Office | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_ouedraogo_pn.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904062427/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_ouedraogo_pn.html }}
[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bouep.html Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo] on Catholic Hierarchy