Diocese of

N’Zérékoré

Guinea

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: N’Zérékoré / Nzerekoren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Conakry

Neighbouring Dioceses: Gbarnga (↙), Guéckédou (↖), Kankan (↑), Odienné (↗), Man (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1937.03.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of N’Zérékoré / Nzerekoren(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako)
1959.04.25: Promoted as Diocese of N’Zérékoré / Nzerekoren(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Conakry)
2023.06.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Guéckédou

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.08.14 – ...):

Bishop Raphaël Balla Guilavogui (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of N’Zérékoré (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raphaël Balla Guilavogui (61)
(2008.08.14 – ...)

Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea)

Born:	1964.09.26 (Woleme, Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1993.11.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.12.13

Priest of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) (1993.11.14 – 2008.08.14)

Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) (2008.08.14 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2013 – 2018.05.11)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2018.05.11 – 2025.05.17)

Bishop Philippe Kourouma
(1979.08.13 – 2007.11.27)

Born:	1932.11.29 (Samoé, Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1962.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.12.15
Died:	2009.02.11 († 76)

Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) (1979.08.13 – 2007.11.27)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2002 – 2007.12)

Bishop Eugène Maillat, M. Afr.
(1959.04.25 – 1979.08.13)

Born:	1919.07.30 (Courtedoux, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1945.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.09.27
Died:	1988.07.05 (Fribourg, Switzerland † 68)

Prefect Apostolic of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) (1951 – 1959.04.25)

Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) (1959.04.25 – 1979.08.13)

Prefects Apostolic of N’Zérékoré (Roman Rite)

Fr. Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. (later Bishop)
(1951 – 1959.04.25)

(see above)

Fr. Agostino Guérin, M. Afr.
(1937.04.16 – 1950)

Died:

1950

Prefect Apostolic of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) (1937.04.16 – 1950)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, N’Zérékoré, Nzérékoré

Churches by City (9)

Gbarnga (↙), Guéckédou (↖), Kankan (↑), Odienné (↗), Man (→)

Statistics (2023)

Area: 27,250 km²

Population: 28,531 Catholics (4.6% of 622,411 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes

Personnel: 43 priests (diocesan), 38 religious (2 brothers, 36 sisters), 33 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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