Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès

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	Vacant

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.

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)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Senegal

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy