Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry {Latin: Konakrien(sis)} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Conakry in Guinea.
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[edit] History
- 1897.10.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of French Guinea from the Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia in Senegal and the Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone in Sierra Leone
1920.04.18: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea 1949.05.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Conakry 1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry
[edit] Special Churches
The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Sainte-Marie in Conakry .
[edit] Leadership
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Conakry (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly since 2003.05.06
- Archbishop Robert Sarah (1979.08.13 – 2001.10.01)
- Archbishop Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. (1962.03.10 – 1979.08.13)
- Archbishop Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. (1955.09.14 – 1962.03.10)
- Vicars Apostolic of Conakry (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp.(1955.05.08 – 1955.09.14)
- Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp.(1950.03.12 – 1954.07.18)
- Bishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. (1920.04.22 – 1949.07.02)
- Vicars Apostolic of French Guinea (Roman rite)
- Bishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. (1911.03.09 – 1920.04.22)
