Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Boké | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Bokeensis |
Local: | French: Diocèse de Boké |
Country: | Guinea |
Metropolitan: | Conakry |
Area Km2: | 27,908 |
Population: | 1,153,909 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Catholics: | 10,225 |
Catholics Percent: | 0.88 |
Parishes: | 6 |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Bishop: | Moïse Tinguiano |
Bishop Title: | Bishop-elect |
Metro Archbishop: | Vincent Coulibaly |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Boké is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in the city of Boké, in the Ecclesiastical Province of Conakry in Guinea.
In 2022, local leaders began to take an interest in facilitating inter-religious dialogue.[1] Those early dialogues included Catholic representatives.[2]
The diocese was created by Pope Francis on February 22, 2024, from territory of the Archdiocese of Conakry. The new diocese covers much of the civil Boké Region—excluding part of the Boffa Prefecture—and was erected in response to the "pastoral needs of a rapidly growing region."[3] [4] In the same decree which erected the diocese, the Pope named Moïse Tinguiano as the diocese's first bishop.[5]