Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Conakry, which covers all Guinea, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The cathedral episcopal see of the archbishop is Cathédrale Sainte-Marie, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the national capital Conakry.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 130,152 Catholics on 116,572 km² in 35 parishes and one mission with 64 priests, 102 lay religious and 18 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

All other bishoprics in Guinea are his Suffragan sees :
On 18 October 1897, the Apostolic Prefecture of French Guinea was established on French colonial territories canonically split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia and the Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone.
On 18 April 1920, it became the Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea, hence entitled to a titular bishop.
On 12 May 1949, it was renamed after its see as Apostolic Vicariate of Conakry, having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan, now one of its suffragan dioceses.
On 14 September 1955, was elevated as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry.
It enjoyed a Papal visit by Pope John Paul II in February 1992.

Ordinaries

; Apostolic Prefect of French Guinea
; Apostolic Vicars of French Guinea
; Apostolic Vicars of Conakry
; Metropolitan Archbishops of Conakry