Metropolitan see Dakar, Senegal
Archdiocese of Dakar
Dakaren(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Dakar is the metropolitan see of Senegal, erected as an apostolic vicariate in 1863 and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese on September 14, 1955. Archbishop André Gueye was appointed on February 22, 2025.
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- Established
- 1863
- Catholics
- 538,940
- Priests
- 215
- Territory
- 4,803 km²
Parishes and churches
57 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Cathédrale Notre-Dame des VictoiresDakar · CathedralView parish
- Fondation de ThiaroyeThiaroyeView parish
- Fondation Kounoune-Bambilor-SanghalkamKounoune-Bambilor-SanghalkamView parish
- Fondation Notre Dame de Lourdes de Samba DiaFadialView parish
- Fondation Saint Charbel Makhlouf de DiamniadioDiamniadioView parish
- Fondation Saint Jude de la Cité GendarmerieKeur MassarView parish
- Fondation Saint Louis de Gonzague de Ngoyé-NdoffonghorNgoyé-NdoffonghorView parish
- Fondation Saint Michel-Archange de SandiaraSandiaraView parish
- Fondation Sainte Elisabeth de MbourMbourView parish
- Paroisse Christ-Roi de l'Univers de DiouroupFatickView parish
- Paroisse Conversion de Saint-Paul de DjilasMbourView parish
- Paroisse des Martyrs de l'OugandaDakar LibertéView parish
- Paroisse Epiphanie du Seigneur de NianingMbourView parish
- Paroisse Immaculée Conception de PalmarinPalmarinView parish
- Paroisse Marie Immaculée Mère de Dieu des Parcelles AssainiesDakarView parish
- Paroisse Marie Médiatrice de NdiaganiaoMbourView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame de la Délivrande de PopenguinePopenguineView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame de la Purification de JoalJoalView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame des AngesOuakamView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame du LibanDakarView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de la Paix de DiamaguèneThiaroye-DakarView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de la Paix de ThiadiayeThiadiayeView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame du Cap-Vert de PikinePikineView parish
- Paroisse Sacré-CœurDakarView parish
- Paroisse Saint Abraham de GuédiawayeGuédiawaye IIView parish
- Paroisse Saint Augustin de Goudiry-KidiraTambacoundaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Benoît l'Africain de MbodièneJoalView parish
- Paroisse Saint Charles Borromée de GoréeGoréeView parish
- Paroisse Saint Christophe de YoffDakar-YoffView parish
- Paroisse Saint François d'Assises de Keur MassarDakarView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- André Gueye
- Born
- 6 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Palo Yougo
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires stands in Dakar, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
For the ecclesiastical province of Dakar in Senegal, the Metropolitan See is the Archdiocese of Dakar (Latin: Dakaren(sis); French: Archidiocèse catholique romain de Dakar).