Diocese of Nzérékoré
| Diocese of Nzérékoré | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Guinea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Conakry |
| Diocesan bishop | Raphaël Balla Guilavogui |
| founding | 1937 |
| surface | 45,000 km² |
| Parishes | 8 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 1,037,632 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 76,269 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 7.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,179 |
| Religious sisters | 25 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale du Cœur Immaculé de Marie |
The diocese Nzérékoré ( lat. : Dioecesis Nzerekorensis ) is in Guinea situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Nzerekore . It covers the eastern part of Guinea.
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Nzérékoré with the Apostolic Constitution Quo ex Evangelii on March 9, 1937 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Bamako .
With the Apostolic Constitution Christi provisio it was elevated to the diocese on April 25, 1959.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Nzérékoré
- Agostino Guérin MAfr (April 16, 1937–1950)
- Eugène Maillat MAfr (May 4, 1951 - April 25, 1959)
Bishops of Nzérékoré
- Eugène Maillat MAfr (April 25, 1959 - August 13, 1979)
- Philippe Kourouma (August 13, 1979 - November 27, 2007)
- Raphaël Balla Guilavogui (since August 14, 2008)