Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Guinea |
Date | Change |
1897.10.18 | Apostolic Prefecture of French Guinea was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia and Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone) |
1920.04.18 | Apostolic Prefecture of French Guinea was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea |
1937.03.09 | Apostolic Prefecture of N’Zérékoré was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako) |
1949.05.12 | Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Conakry (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan) |
1949.05.12 | Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea) |
1955.09.14 | Apostolic Vicariate of Conakry was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry |
1959.04.25 | Apostolic Prefecture of N’Zérékoré was promoted as Diocese of N’Zérékoré (became suffragan of Conakry) |
1993.11.17 | Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan was promoted as Diocese of Kankan (became suffragan of Conakry) |
2014.01.13 | Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was established |
2018.02.28 | Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan (without ecclesiastical province) |
2023.06.29 | Diocese of Guéckédou was established (from Diocese of Kankan and Diocese of N’Zérékoré and became suffragan of Conakry) |
2024.02.22 | Diocese of Boké was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry and became suffragan of Conakry) |
Last updated on 2024.04.30
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