Conakry, 22 February, 2024 / 8:14 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has erected the Diocese of Boké in Guinea and appointed Mons. Moïse Tinguiano, of the clergy of Conakry Archdiocese as its pioneer Bishop.
The latest administrative changes in the West African nation were made public by the Holy See Press office in its Thursday, February 22 publication.
The Holy Father erected the Diocese of Boké with territory dismembered from the Archdiocese of Conakry, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan See.
The newly erected Guinean Diocese measures 27,908 square kilometers and has a population of 1,153,909 of which 10,225 are Catholic faithful, representing 0.88 percent of the total population of the territory of the Diocese, according to the Holy See report.
Mons. Tinguiano, who until his appointment has been the Parish Priest of Saint Augustin of Taouyah in Conakry Archdiocese, professor in the Benoît XVI Seminary, and director of La Voix de la Paix Catholic radio station was born in December 1977.
