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Metropolitan see Conakry, Guinea

Archdiocese of Conakry

Konakrien(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Conakry is the metropolitan see of the Latin Church in Guinea, founded as an apostolic prefecture in 1897 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1955. Archbishop François Sylla succeeded Vincent Coulibaly on February 28, 2026 and was installed on May 9, 2026.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathédrale Sainte-Marie, in Conakry, Guinea.

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Established
1897
Catholics
170,000
Priests
61
Territory
88,664 km²

Parishes and churches

65 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
François Sylla
Born
9 April 1972
Birthplace
Siboty

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The cathedral

Cathédrale Sainte-Marie stands in Conakry, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Guinea's Latin Church metropolitan see is the Archdiocese of Conakry (Latin: Konakrien(sis)), whose ecclesiastical province takes in the whole of the country. The archdiocese depends upon the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and the archbishop's cathedra rests in the Cathédrale Sainte-Marie in Conakry, the national capital.

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