Vincent Coulibaly

Episcopal succession
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Vincent Coulibaly as principal consecrator
Emmanuel Félémou	2007
Raphaël Balla Guilavogui	2008
Alexis Aly Tagbino	2017

History
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Pierre-Marie Coty
Date	28 Jul 1979
Place	Kissidougou, Guinea
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Robert Sarah
Date	9 May 1981
Place	Notre-Dame des Victoires et de la Paix, Cathedral, Diocese of Kankan
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Robert Sarah
Co-consecrators	Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé, Philippe Kourouma
Date	12 Feb 1994
Place	Notre-Dame des Victoires et de la Paix, Cathedral, Diocese of Kankan

His Eminence

Vincent Coulibaly
His Eminence; Vincent Coulibaly
Archbishop of Conakry
	Coulibaly in 2014
Church	Catholic
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Conakry
Appointed	6 May 2003
Predecessor	Robert Sarah
Personal details
Born	Vincent Coulibaly; 16 March 1953 (age 71); Kiniéran, French Guinea
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Kankan (1993-2003); President, Guinean Episcopal Conference (2007-2013);
Education	Séminaire Jean XXIII de Kindia; Grand Séminaire Pierre Claver de Koumi;
Ordination history
Ordained by
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Pierre-Marie Coty
Date	28 Jul 1979
Place	Kissidougou, Guinea
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Robert Sarah
Date	9 May 1981
Place	Notre-Dame des Victoires et de la Paix, Cathedral, Diocese of Kankan
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Robert Sarah
Co-consecrators	Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé, Philippe Kourouma
Date	12 Feb 1994
Place	Notre-Dame des Victoires et de la Paix, Cathedral, Diocese of Kankan
Emmanuel Félémou
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Vincent Coulibaly as principal consecrator
Emmanuel Félémou	2007
Raphaël Balla Guilavogui	2008
Alexis Aly Tagbino	2017

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

Biography[edit]

Coulibaly was born in 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 as a deacon in the Diocese of Kankan and ordained a priest on May 8, 1981.

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.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Jean-Baptiste Coudray	Bishop of Kankan 1993-2003	Succeeded by Emmanuel Félémou
Preceded by Robert Sarah	Archbishop of Conakry 2003–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Philippe Kourouma	President, Episcopal Conference of Guinea 2007–2013	Succeeded by Emmanuel Félémou

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