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
CountrySenegal
MetropolitanDakar
Statistics
Area9,053 km2 (3,495 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
2,000,150
44,812 (2.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAndré Gueye

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

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

Special churches

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  • The cathedral is Cathédrale Sainte Anne in Thiès.

Leadership

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Web Translator".

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