;Apostolic Vicars of Ouagadougou •
Joanny Thévenoud,
M.Afr (8 July 1921 – 16 September 1949) •
Emile-Joseph Socquet,
M.Afr (16 September 1949 – 14 September 1955) ;Archbishops of Ouagadougou •
Emile-Joseph Socquet,
M.Afr (14 September 1955 – 12 January 1960) •
Paul Zoungrana,
M.Afr (5 April 1960 – 10 June 1995), elevated to cardinal in 1965 •
Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (10 June 1995 – 13 May 2009) •
Philippe Ouédraogo (13 May 2009 – 16 October 2023), elevated to cardinal in 2014 •
Prosper Kontiebo (since 16 October 2023) ;Coadjutor vicars apostolic •
Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. (1946-1947), did not succeed to see; appointed Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) •
Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. (1948-1949) ;Auxiliary bishops •
Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré (1973-1979), appointed Bishop of Fada N’Gourma (later returned here as Archbishop) •
Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) (1981-1996), appointed Bishop of Kaya •
Médard Léopold Ouédraogo (28 May 2012 - 16 June 2022). Appointed bishop of Manga. ;Another priest of this diocese who became bishop •
Ambroise Ouédraogo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey, Niger in 1999 ==Suffragan Dioceses==