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Diocese of Boké

Boken(sis)

Latin rite diocese in Guinea, erected by Pope Francis in February 2024 from the Archdiocese of Conakry. Moïse Tinguiano was named its first bishop at erection.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
22 February 2024
Latin
Boken(sis)
Annuario code
001005121

The see in figures

Catholics
10,225
Population
1,153,909
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.9%
Priests
12
Catholics per priest
852
Extent
27,908 km²
Catholics per km²
0.4

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Moïse Tinguiano
Born
11 December 1977
Birthplace
Benty

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Church of Our Lady of Patronage stands in Boké, 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.

The province of Conakry

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Conakry.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Based in the city of Boké, this Guinean diocese of the Roman Catholic Church (Latin: Dioecesis Bokeensis) forms part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Conakry.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices
Evêché, Boké, Guinea – (Tel. 611.18.27.27)

This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.

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Sources

Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.