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 | Francis |
| Bishop | André 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
edit- February 6, 1969: Established as Diocese of Thiès from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dakar
Special churches
edit- The cathedral is Cathédrale Sainte Anne in Thiès.
Leadership
edit- 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 Gueye (2014.01.18 -)
See also
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