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The Cathédrale Sainte-Marie is an important place of Christian worship in Conakry, Guinea. The yellow and red building is of considerable architectural interest.
Monseigneur Raymond René Lérouge laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral in 1928.
The Cathedral was built in the 1930s, and has impressive architecture, with Orthodox design elements.
The Palais Presidentiel is behind the cathedral.
Opposite is the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The cathedral is the primary place of worship for the 
The Cathédrale Sainte-Marie is an important place of Christian worship in Conakry, Guinea. The yellow and red building is of considerable architectural interest.
Monseigneur Raymond René Lérouge laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral in 1928.
The Cathedral was built in the 1930s, and has impressive architecture, with Orthodox design elements.
The Palais Presidentiel is behind the cathedral.
Opposite is the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The cathedral is the primary place of worship for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry ( la, Konakrien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Conakry, which covers all Guinea. It is of Latin Rite and depends on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. ...
, established on 18 October 1897 as the Apostolic Prefecture of French Guinea, and promoted to its present rank on 14 September 1959. From May 2003 the Archbishop was Vincent Coulibaly.
Since the people of Guinea are mainly Muslim, the cathedral does not have a large congregation.
See also
*List of buildings and structures in Guinea
A list of notable buildings and structures in Guinea by city:
Conakry
Hospitals
*Donka Hospital
*Ignace Deen Hospital
*Clinique Ambroise Paré
*Clinique Pasteur
Hotels
*Grand Hotel de l'Unite
*Hotel Camayene
*Hotel du Golfe
*Hotel del Niger
*H ...
References
External links
* 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings Buildings and structures in Conakry Catholic Church in Guinea Roman Catholic cathedrals in Guinea {{Guinea-struct-stub