Vincent Coulibaly is Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea).

Biography

Coulibaly was born in 1953 in Kiniéran, French Guinea.

Vincent Coulibaly

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.

Vincent Coulibaly

In 1979, he was ordained as a deacon in the Diocese of Kankan and ordained a priest on May 8, 1981.

Vincent Coulibaly

In 1993, he was appointed Bishop of Kankan, and in 1994 he was consecrated a bishop by Robert Sarah (Archbishop of Conakry).

After Pope John Paul II appointed Archbishop Sarah as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, John Paul appointed Coulibaly to replace Sarah as Archbishop of Conakry on May, 6 2003.

See also

Religion in Guinea

Christianity in Guinea

Catholic Church in Guinea

References

Roman Catholic archbishops in Guinea

Guinean Roman Catholic bishops

1953 births

Living people