Diocese of Kankan, Guinea

Kenema (↙), Makeni (↙), Conakry (←), Kayes (↖), Bamako (↗), N’Zérékoré (↓), Gbarnga (↓)

Bishop (2021.11.20 – ...):

Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino (50)

Bishops of Kankan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino (50)
(2021.11.20 – ...)

Bishop of Kankan (Guinea)

Titular Bishop of Cuicul (2016.12.23 – 2021.11.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kankan (Guinea) (2016.12.23 – 2021.11.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Kankan (Guinea) (2021.03.10 – 2021.11.20)

Bishop of Kankan (Guinea) (2021.11.20 – ...)

Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino (50)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.03.10 – 2021.11.20)

Bishop Emmanuel Félémou
(2007.01.05 – 2021.03.01)

Bishop of Kankan (Guinea) (2007.01.05 – 2021.03.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2013.01 – 2018.05.11)

Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.07.31 – 2004)

Bishop Vincent Coulibaly (70) (later Archbishop)
(1993.11.17 – 2003.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

Bishop of Kankan (Guinea) (1993.11.17 – 2003.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea) (2003.05.06 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Kankan (Guinea) (2003.07.31 – 2004)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (2007.12 – 2013.01)

Prefects Apostolic of Kankan (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Robert Sarah (77) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1979.08.23 – 1993.11.17)

Fr. Jean B. Coudray, C.S.Sp.
(1958.12.14 – 1979)

Died:

1979

Prefect Apostolic of Kankan (Guinea) (1958.12.14 – 1979)

Fr. Maurizio Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp.
(1950.03.17 – 1957)

Died:

1957

Prefect Apostolic of Kankan (Guinea) (1950.03.17 – 1957)

Area: 118,000 km²

Population: 83,000 Catholics (2.6% of 3,237,760 total) (2020)

Statistics: 20 parishes, 1 mission, 37 priests (diocesan), 40 lay religious (27 brothers, 13 sisters), 19 seminarians (2020)

1949.05.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan / Kankanen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of French Guinea)
1993.11.17: Promoted as Diocese of Kankan / Kankanen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Conakry)