Roman Catholic Diocese of Kankan
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The Diocese of Kankan (Latin: Diœcesis Kankanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Guinea. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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Diocese of Kankan Diœcesis Kankanensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Guinea |
Metropolitan | Conakry |
Statistics | |
Area | 118,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,809,716 55,483 (3.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Vacant |
Auxiliary Bishops | Alexis Aly Tagbino |
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Its cathedral is the Marian Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires et de la Paix, dedicated to Our Lady of Victories and Peace, in the episcopal see of Kankan.