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Diocese of N’Zérékoré

Nzerekoren(sis)

The Diocese of N'Zérékoré is a Latin Catholic see in southeastern Guinea, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1937 and promoted to a diocese in 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Conakry and its cathedral is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
25 April 1959
Latin
Nzerekoren(sis)
Annuario code
001002436

The see in figures

Catholics
28,531
Population
1,037,632
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
2.7%
Priests
43
Catholics per priest
664
Extent
45,000 km²
Catholics per km²
0.6

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
Raphaël Balla Guilavogui
Born
26 September 1964
Birthplace
Wolémé

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 du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie stands in N’Zérékoré, 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

Centered on the city of N'Zérékoré in Guinea, the Roman Catholic Diocese of N'Zérékoré (Latin: Nzerekoren(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Conakry.

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Sources

The see's own website · 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.