Diocese of Thiès, Senegal

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Thiès / Thiesin(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dakar

Bishop (2013.01.18 – ...):

Bishop André Gueye (56)

Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

Bishops of Thiès (Roman Rite)

Bishop André Gueye (56)
(2013.01.18 – ...)

Priest of Thiès (Senegal) (1992.06.27 – 2013.01.18)

Bishop of Thiès (Senegal) (2013.01.18 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal) (2023.01.12 – ...)

Bishop Jacques Sarr
(1986.10.17 – 2011.01.18)

Bishop of Thiès (Senegal) (1986.10.17 – 2011.01.18)

Bishop François-Xavier Dione
(1969.02.06 – 1985.02.04)

Bishop of Thiès (Senegal) (1969.02.06 – 1985.02.04)

Area: 9,055 km²

Population: 65,900 Catholics (1.5% of 4,269,040 total) (2021)

Statistics: 25 parishes, 2 missions, 75 priests (69 diocesan, 6 religious), 205 religious (90 brothers, 115 sisters), 22 seminarians (2021)

1969.02.06: Established as Diocese of Thiès / Thiesin(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dakar and became suffragan of Dakar)