Archdiocese of Conakry
| Archdiocese of Conakry | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Guinea |
| Diocesan bishop | Vincent Coulibaly |
| founding | 1897 |
| surface | 118,000 km² |
| Parishes | 34 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 3,860,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 101,600 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 2.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,478 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Friars | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious sisters | 76 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Sainte-Marie |
| Website | http://www.archidioceseconakry.fr/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Kankan Diocese of Nzérékoré |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry ( Latin Archidioecesis Konakriensis ) is in Guinea situated Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Conakry . It covers the western part of Guinea.
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Prefecture of French Guinea on October 18, 1897 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariates of Senegambia and Sierra Leone . On April 18, 1920, it was raised to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate .
On May 12, 1949, it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan and at the same time took the name, Vicariate Apostolic Conakry. With the bull Dum tantis on September 14, 1955 it was raised to the rank of metropolitan archbishopric.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of French Guinea
- Raymond-René Lerouge CSSp (March 9, 1911 - April 18, 1920)
Vicar Apostolic of French Guinea
- Raymond-René Lerouge CSSp (April 18, 1920 - July 2, 1949)
Vicars Apostolic of Conakry
- Michel-Jules-Josef-Marie Bernard CSSp (March 12, 1950 - July 18, 1954, then Vicar Apostolic of the Archdiocese of Brazzaville | Brazzaville)
- Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville CSSp (May 8, 1955 - September 14, 1955)
Archbishops of Conakry
- Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville CSSp (September 14, 1955 - March 10, 1962)
- Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo CSSp (March 10, 1962 - August 13, 1979)
- Robert Sarah (August 13, 1979 - October 1, 2001, then Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples )
- Vincent Coulibaly (since May 6, 2003)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 10,798 | 1,177,005 | 0.9 | 24 | 2 | 22nd | 449 | 23 | 27 | 2 | |
| 1970 | 14,848 | 1,500,000 | 1.0 | 10 | 8th | 2 | 1,484 | 2 | 16 | 15th | |
| 1977 | 20,000 | 2,000,000 | 1.0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1,666 | 1 | 11 | 12 | |
| 1999 | 34,000 | 3,700,000 | 0.9 | 31 | 17th | 14th | 1,096 | 24 | 62 | 33 | |
| 2000 | 35,000 | 3,750,000 | 0.9 | 33 | 20th | 13 | 1,060 | 23 | 61 | 33 | |
| 2001 | 40,000 | 3,750,000 | 1.1 | 40 | 19th | 21st | 1,000 | 42 | 63 | 33 | |
| 2002 | 40,000 | 3,750,000 | 1.1 | 38 | 22nd | 16 | 1,052 | 32 | 68 | 33 | |
| 2003 | 40,000 | 3,750,000 | 1.1 | 40 | 23 | 17th | 1,000 | 26th | 68 | 33 | |
| 2004 | 40,000 | 3,800,800 | 1.1 | 37 | 23 | 14th | 1,081 | 23 | 63 | 33 | |
| 2006 | 101,600 | 3,860,000 | 2.6 | 40 | 25th | 15th | 2,540 | 39 | 73 | 33 | |
| 2007 | 101,600 | 3,860,000 | 2.6 | 41 | 26th | 15th | 2,478 | 2 | 32 | 76 | 34 |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Conakry on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Archdiocese of Conakry on gcatholic.org (English)