Vincent Coulibaly was born on 16 March 1953 in
Kiniéran,
French Guinea. In November 1969 he entered the Minor Seminary Jean-XXIII in
Kindia, Guinea. In September 1974 he entered the Major Seminary Pierre-Claver in in Upper Volta, now
Burkina-Faso. On 28 July 1979, he was ordained a deacon in the
Diocese of Kankan. He was ordained a priest on 8 May 1981. From 1981 to 1989, he was parochial vicar in Kankan. He became formator at the John XXIII Seminary in Kindia in 1989 and from 1990 to December 1993 was the seminary's director. He received his episcopal consecration on 12 February 1994 from
Robert Sarah, Archbishop of Conakry. Pope John Paul named him to succeed Sarah as archbishop of Conakry on 6 May 2003. He was president of the
Episcopal Conference of Guinea from 2007 to 2013. ==See also==