Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Guéckédou | |
Country: | Guinea |
Metropolitan: | Vincent Coulibaly |
Territory: | Prefectures of Guéckédou, Kissidougou, Kérouané, and Macenta |
Province: | Province of Conakry |
Area Km2: | 35,476 |
Population: | 1,285,308 |
Catholics: | 62,509 |
Catholics Percent: | 4.86 |
Parishes: | 17 |
Schools: | 13 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Cathedral: | Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in Guéckédou |
Priests: | 30 |
Bishop Title: | Bishop-elect |
Bishop: | Norbert Tamba Sandouno |
Map: | Diocese of Guéckédou GN.svg |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guéckédou is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Guinea.[1] [2]
29 June 2023: the diocese was established from the diocesan territories of Kankan and N'Zérékoré, and was made a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry.