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Republic of Senegal (Senegal)

Senegal

Also known as: le Sénégal (français), Senegal (Deutsch, español, Italiano, polski, Português), 塞內加爾 (正體中文), セネガル (日本語), Senegalia (latine)

By Type (8)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (1)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (7)


By Rite

Roman Rite (7): Dakar, Kaolack, Kolda, Saint-Louis du Sénégal, Tambacounda, Thiès, Ziguinchor

Maronite Church (1): Annunciation of Ibadan


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Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses


Apostolic Nunciature: Senegal Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (58)

Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie, du Cap-Vert et de Guinée-Bissau Bishop Paul Abel Mamba Diatta (65)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.) Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. (66)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.) Bishop Youlo Alexis Touabli (66)

CardinalsCardinals (0 electors/1 total)

Cardinal Théodore-Adrien Sarr (89)Théodore-Adrien Sarr (89)

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Cathedrals Cathedrals (7)

Basilicas Basilicas (1)

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Saints: 1 Blessed

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Geography

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Capital: Dakar

Area: 192,530 km²

Population: 13,635,927

Neighbouring Countries: Cabo Verde Cabo Verde, ↑ Mauritania Mauritania, → Mali Mali, ↘ Guinea Guinea, ↓ Gambia Gambia, ↓ Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau

Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim 96.1% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 3.6% (mostly Roman Catholic), animist 0.3%

Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pular, Jola, Mandinka, Serer, Soninke

Ethnic Groups: Wolof 41.6%, Pular 28.1%, Serer 15.3%, Mandinka 5.4%, Jola 3.4%, Soninke 0.8%, other 5.4% (includes Europeans and persons of Lebanese descent)

Motto: Un peuple, un but, une foi (French) (One people, one goal, one faith)

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Area: 196,722 km²

Catholic Population: 924,000 Catholics (5.1% of 18,126,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 172 parishes, 135 mission stations (1 with resident priest, 134 without resident priest), 69 other centres

Clergy: 10 bishops (5 diocesan, 5 titular), 625 priests (425 diocesan, 200 religious)

Non-Clergy: 905 religious (142 brothers, 763 sisters), 1 member of secular institutes (sister), 254 major seminarians, 9 missionaries, 3,180 catechists

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Last updated on 2026.05.28

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