Roman Catholic Diocese of Kankan

The Diocese of Kankan (Latin: Diœcesis Kankanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Guinea. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Diocese of Kankan

Diœcesis Kankanensis
Location
CountryGuinea
MetropolitanConakry
Statistics
Area118,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,809,716
55,483 (3.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVacant
Auxiliary BishopsAlexis Aly Tagbino
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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

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As of 2014, 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

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Bishops

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Ordinaries

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Apostolic Prefects of Kankan
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

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See also

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