Vincent Coulibaly
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| Archbishop of Conakry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Coulibaly in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Church | Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Conakry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | 6 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Robert Sarah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Vincent Coulibaly 16 March 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | none |
Vincent Coulibaly is Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Conakry in Guinea since 2003.
Biography[edit]
Coulibaly was born on 16 March 1953 in Kiniéran, French Guinea.
In 1969 he attended the Jean-XXIII seminary of Kindia, Guinea, and in 1979 he entered the Grand Seminary Pierre-Claver de Koumi in Burkina-Faso.[1]
In 1979, he was ordained a deacon in the Diocese of Kankan and ordained a priest on 8 May 1981.
On 17 November 1993, he was appointed Bishop of Kankan. He received his episcopal consecration on 12 February 1994[2] from Robert Sarah, Archbishop of Conakry.
After Pope John Paul II named Sarah secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, he appointed Coulibaly archbishop of Conakry on 6 May 2003.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "S.E. Mgr Vincent COULIBALY Archevêque de Conakry". Archdiocese of Conakry (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Guinée: Nouvel archevêque métropolitain à Conakry". cath.ch (in French). 6 May 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.05.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 May 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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