Vincent Coulibaly
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| Appointed | 6 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Robert Sarah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Vincent Coulibaly 16 March 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Religious style | Archbishop |
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Vincent Coulibaly is Guinean prelate of the
Biography
Coulibaly was born in 1953 in Kiniéran, French Guinea.
In 1969 he attended the Jean-XXIII seminary of
In 1979, he was ordained as a deacon in the Diocese of Kankan and ordained a priest on May 8, 1981.
In 1993, he was appointed Bishop of Kankan, and in 1994 he was consecrated a bishop by Robert Sarah (Archbishop of Conakry).
After Pope John Paul II appointed Archbishop Sarah as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, John Paul appointed Coulibaly to replace Sarah as Archbishop of Conakry on May, 6 2003.[2][3][4][5]
See also
- Religion in Guinea
- Christianity in Guinea
- Catholic Church in Guinea
References
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