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Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès

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Country
  
Senegal

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Bishop
  
Vacant

Metropolitan
  
Dakar

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
9,053 km²


Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)2,000,15044,812 (2.2%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès (Latin: Thiesin(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Thiès in the Ecclesiastical province of Dakar in Senegal.

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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. 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).

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 Jacques Sarr (1986.10.17 - 2011)
  • Bishop François-Xavier Dione (1969.02.06 – 1985.02.04)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès Wikipedia
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