Diocese of

Kankan

Guinea

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kankan / Kankanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Conakry

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1949.05.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan / Kankanen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea)
1993.11.17: Promoted as Diocese of Kankan / Kankanen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Conakry)
2023.06.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Guéckédou

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.11.20 – ...):

Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino (53)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kankan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino (53)
(2021.11.20 – ...)

Bishop of Kankan (Guinea)
President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea

Evangelizare cum Maria

Born:	1972.10.17 (Guéckédou, Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	2003.03.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.02.26

Priest of Kankan (Guinea) (2003.03.02 – 2016.12.23)

Titular Bishop of Cuicul (2016.12.23 – 2021.11.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kankan (Guinea) (2016.12.23 – 2021.11.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Kankan (Guinea) (2021.03.10 – 2021.11.20)

Bishop of Kankan (Guinea) (2021.11.20 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2025.05.17 – ...)

Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino (53)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.03.10 – 2021.11.20)

Bishop Emmanuel Félémou
(2007.01.05 – 2021.03.01)

Born:	1960.12.24 (Kolouma, Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1989.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.17
Died:	2021.03.01 (Kankan, Guinea † 60)

Priest of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) (1989.11.19 – 2007.01.05)

Bishop of Kankan (Guinea) (2007.01.05 – 2021.03.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2013.01 – 2018.05.11)

Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.07.31 – 2004)

Bishop Vincent Coulibaly (72) (later Archbishop)
(1993.11.17 – 2003.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

Sur ta parole je jetterai le filet

Born:	1953.03.16 (Kéniéran, Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1981.05.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.02.12

Priest of Kankan (Guinea) (1981.05.09 – 1993.11.17)

Bishop of Kankan (Guinea) (1993.11.17 – 2003.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea) (2003.05.06 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Kankan (Guinea) (2003.07.31 – 2004)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2007.12 – 2013.01)

Prefects Apostolic of Kankan (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Robert Sarah (80) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1979.08.23 – 1993.11.17)

Fr. Jean B. Coudray, C.S.Sp.
(1958.12.14 – 1979)

Died:

1979

Prefect Apostolic of Kankan (Guinea) (1958.12.14 – 1979)

Archbishop Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp.
(Apostolic Administrator 1957 – 1958.12.14)

Fr. Maurizio Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp.
(1950.03.17 – 1957)

Died:

1957

Prefect Apostolic of Kankan (Guinea) (1950.03.17 – 1957)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino (53) (2016.12.23 – 2021.11.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires et de la Paix, Kankan, Kankan

Churches by City (6)

Makeni (↙), Conakry (←), Kayes (↖), Bamako (↗), Odienné (→), N’Zérékoré (↓), Guéckédou (↓)

Statistics (2023)

Area: 100,274 km²

Population: 31,290 Catholics (2.1% of 1,466,986 total)

Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes

Personnel: 26 priests (diocesan), 8 religious (3 brothers, 5 sisters), 8 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.12.12

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