Guinée Conakry

Nineteen Spiritan delegates met from June 14 to 17, 2026 at the Foyer de Charité in Cap des Biches, near Dakar (Senegal), to hold the Enlarged Provincial Council of the…

The Spiritans (Armel Duteil and Christopher Nze) return to the Mission of Mongo, which has been without a priest since 1967. In the area, there are more than 200,000 refugees…

After the death of Sékou Touré and the military coup, the Spiritans return to Guinée at the request of Mgr. Sarah, Archbishop of Conakry. In 1993, Pierre Haas, the former…

The Archbishop of Conakry, Mgr. Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, is released from prison after nine years detention.

Mgr. Tchidimbo C.S.Sp., the Archbishop of Conakry, is arrested for "plotting" and imprisoned at Boiro: he will not be released until August, 1979. In December 1979, Mgr. Sarah becomes the…

President Sékou Touré expells non-African bishops, priests and religious from the country, including 31 Spiritans.

After the suppression of the Catholic Action movements in 1959, the private schools are nationalised in September, 1961. As a result of his vigorous protests, Mgr. de Milleville, the Spiritan…

Kankan becomes an Apostolic Prefecture.

The General Council approves the foundation of the mission of Faranah in a strongly Moslem area. Frs. Petersen and Chamagne are put in charge.

Père Michel Chaverot organises the first Christian trade union in the country (C.F.T.C.).

Père Le Mailloux launches the first Catholic Action group in Conakry.