Diocese of Kankan
| Diocese of Kankan | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Guinea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Conakry |
| Diocesan bishop | Emmanuel Félémou |
| Auxiliary bishop | Alexis Aly Tagbino |
| founding | 1949 |
| surface | 118,000 km² |
| Parishes | 20 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 1,811,143 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 57,048 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 3.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 25 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,902 |
| Friars | 10 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 13 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
The Diocese of Kankan ( lat. : Dioecesis Muilaensis ) is in Guinea situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kankan . It covers the northeastern part of Guinea.
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan with the Apostolic Constitution Evangelizationis operi on May 12, 1949 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea .
With the Apostolic Constitution Cum in Apostolica she was raised to the diocese on November 17, 1993.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Kankan
- Maurizio Le Maillard CSSp (March 17, 1950–1957)
- Jean B. Coudray CSSp (December 14, 1958–1979)
Bishops of Kankan
- Vincent Coulibaly (November 17, 1993 - May 6, 2003, then Archbishop of Conakry )
- Emmanuel Félémou (since January 5, 2007)