Vincent Coulibaly Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Vincent Coulibaly
Archbishop of Conakry
Church:Catholic
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Conakry
Appointed:6 May 2003
Predecessor:Robert Sarah
Birth Name:Vincent Coulibaly
Birth Date:1953 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Kiniéran, French Guinea
Archbishop Name:Vincent Coulibaly
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
Relstyle:Archbishop

Vincent Coulibaly is Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the archbishop of Conakry in Guinea since 2003. From 1994 to 2003 he was bishop of Kankan.

Biography

Vincent Coulibaly was born on 16 March 1953 in Kiniéran, French Guinea. In November 1969 he entered the Minor Seminary Jean-XXIII in Kindia, Guinea. In September 1974 he entered the Major Seminary Pierre-Claver in in Upper Volta, now Burkina-Faso.[1]

On 28 July 1979, he was ordained a deacon in the Diocese of Kankan. He was ordained a priest on 8 May 1981. From 1981 to 1989, he was parochial vicar in Kankan. He became formator at the John XXIII Seminary in Kindia in 1989 and from 1990 to December 1993 was the seminary's director.[1]

On 17 November 1993, Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of Kankan.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 12 February 1994[3] from Robert Sarah, Archbishop of Conakry.

Pope John Paul named him to succeed Sarah as archbishop of Conakry on 6 May 2003.[4]

He was president of the Episcopal Conference of Guinea from 2007 to 2013.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: S.E. Mgr Vincent COULIBALY Archevêque de Conakry. Archdiocese of Conakry. fr. 12 May 2024.
  2. Book: 205. Acta Apostolicae Sedis. 12 May 2024 . LXXXVI . 1994.
  3. Web site: Guinée: Nouvel archevêque métropolitain à Conakry. cath.ch . fr. 6 May 2003 . 12 May 2024.
  4. 12 May 2024 . it . Holy See Press Office . Rinunce e Nomine, 06.05.2003. 6 May 2003 .