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.
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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.
- STE Rita SangoyahTown not recordedView parish
- STE Rose D OurousTown not recordedView parish
- STE Therese De L Enfant Jesus DubrekaTown not recordedView parish
- STE Therese De L Enfant Jesus EntagTown not recordedView parish
- Sts Pierre Et Paul BonfiTown not recordedView parish
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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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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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