Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès (Latin: Thiesin(us), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Thiès) is a diocese located in the city of Thiès in the ecclesiastical province of Dakar in Senegal.

Diocese of Thiès Dioecesis Thiesinus
Diocese of Thiès
Location
Country	Senegal
Metropolitan	Dakar
Statistics
Area	9,053 km2 (3,495 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 2,000,150 44,812 (2.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	André Guèye

On Friday, January 18, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI named the Rev. André Gueye as Bishop-designate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès, to be ordained and installed at a date in the near future (which would be May 25). Up until then, he had been serving as a member of the Thiès diocesan clergy, and as a professor of philosophy at the Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney in Bris, Senegal (in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ziguinchor in Ziguinchor, Senegal).^[1]

History

• February 6, 1969: Established as Diocese of Thiès from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dakar

Special churches

• The cathedral is Cathédrale Sainte Anne in Thiès.

Leadership

• Bishops of Thiès (Roman rite)
  • Bishop François-Xavier Dione (1969.02.06 – 1985.02.04)
  • Bishop Jacques Sarr (1986.10.17 - 2011.01.18)
  • Bishop André Guèye (2014.01.18 -)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Senegal