Archdiocese of Conakry
Konakrien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Conakry, Guinea
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Konakrien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001198
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 170,000
- Population
- 5,211,530
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.3%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 2,787
- Extent
- 88,664 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.9
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
- Archbishop
- François Sylla
- Born
- 9 April 1972
- Birthplace
- Siboty
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
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.
The province of Conakry
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BokéBoké
- Diocese of GuéckédouGuéckédou
- Diocese of KankanKankan
- Diocese of N’ZérékoréN’Zérékoré
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.