Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Guinea

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Regarding the Apostolic prefecture French Guinea (larger part of the country):
1514: Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
1534: São Tomé (detached from Funchal) - São Tomé e Principe
1842: The Two Guineas and Senegambia (AP, detached from Funchal, and from São Tomé) - West African coast between the Senegal River and the Oranje River, except Loanda/Angola
1846: The Two Guineas and Senegambia (AV) - West African coast between the Senegal River and the Oranje River, except Loanda/Angola
1858: Sierra Leone (AV, detached from The Two Guineas and Senegambia, AV) - Sierra Leone, Liberia, French Guinea
Regarding N'Zérékoré:
1204: Constantinople (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople) Turkey
1742: Constantinople (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal Vicars / suffragan Bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
176: 2 Aleppo (AV, detached from Constantinople AV) - (Ottoman Empire) Syria,Lebanon, etc.
1818: Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus (AV, new name, previously Aleppo AV; see in Beirut) - (Ottoman Empire) Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, Arabian Peninsula
1839: Egypt and Arabia (AV, detached from detached from the AV of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) - Egypt, Sudan, Abyssinia, Arabian Peninsula
1846: Sudan / Central Africa (AV, detached from Egypt and Arabia AV) - Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon
1868: Sahara (AP, detached from Central Africa AV) - French North and West Africa
1894: Sahara (AV) - Burkina Faso, Mali, etc.
1901: Sahara in French Sudan (new name, previously Sahara AV) - Burkina Faso, Mali
1921: Bamako (AV, detached from Sahara in French Sudan AV) - Mali
1897: French Guinea / Guinée Francaise (AP, detached from Sierra Leone AV and Senegambia AV) - Guinea
1920: French Guinea / Guinée Francaise (AV) - Guinea
1937: N'Zérékoré (AP, detached from Bamako AV) - Guinea
1949: Conakry (AV, new name, previously French Guinea) - Guinea
1949: Kankan (AP, detached from French Guinea) - Guinea
1955: Conakry (Metr.) - Guinea
1959: N'Zérékoré - Guinea
1993: Kankan - Guinea
2023: Guéckédou (D, detached from Kankan, and from N’Zérékoré) - Guinea