Catholic ChurchinRepublic of 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)
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 ![]()
Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie, du Cap-Vert et de Guinée-Bissau ![]()
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.) ![]()
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.) ![]()
Saints: 1 Blessed
Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Capital: Dakar
Area: 192,530 km²
Population: 13,635,927
Neighbouring Countries: ↖ Cabo Verde
, ↑ Mauritania
, → Mali
, ↘ Guinea
, ↓ Gambia
, ↓ Guinea-Bissau ![]()
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)
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
Last updated on 2026.05.28
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