Roman Catholic Diocese of Kankan
Diocese of Kankan Diœcesis Kankanensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Guinea |
| Metropolitan | Conakry |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 118,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,809,716 55,483 (3.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Vacant |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Alexis Aly Tagbino |
| Map | |
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The Diocese of Kankan (
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
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Its cathedral is the Marian Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires et de la Paix, dedicated to Our Lady of Victories and Peace, in the episcopal see of Kankan.
Statistics
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 72,455 Catholics (3.4% of 2,143,000 total) on 118,000 km2 in 14 parishes and 76 missions with 40 priests (32 diocesan, 8 religious), 23 lay religious (14 brothers, 9 sisters) and 7 seminarians.
History
- Established on 12 May 1949 as Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea
- Promoted on 17 November 1993 as Diocese of Kankan.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Apostolic Prefects of Kankan
- Father Maurizio Le Mailloux, Holy Ghost Fathers(C.S.Sp.- (1950.03.17 – death 1957)
- Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1967 – 1984), Apostolic Administrator of Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe, French) (1968.01.29 – 1970.10.05); died 2207
- Fr. Jean B. Coudray, C.S.Sp. (1958.12.14 – death 1979)
- Roman Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments(2014.11.24 – ...)
- Suffragan Bishops of Kankan
- Vincent Coulibaly (1993.11.17 – 2003.05.06), first Guinean incumbent; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea) (2003.05.06 – ...), staying on shortly as Apostolic Administrator of Kankan (2003.07.31 – 2004), President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2007.12 – 2013.01)
- Emmanuel Félémou (2007.01.05 - 2021.03.01), President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2013.01 – 2018.05.11); no previous prelature.
Auxiliary Bishop
- Alexis Aly Tagbino (2016-)
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses in Gabon
- Roman Catholicism in Gabon
Sources and external links
10°22′22″N 9°18′06″W / 10.3728°N 9.3017°W
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