Diocese of Thiès
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès 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.
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
- * Bishop François-Xavier Dione
- * Bishop Jacques Sarr
- * Bishop André Guèye