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 Saint François Xavier de FadiouthJoalView parish
- Paroisse Saint Jean Baptiste de NiakharFatickView parish
- Paroisse Saint Jean-Paul II de Pikine-GuédiawayeGuédiawayeView parish
- Paroisse Saint Joseph de MédinaDakar-FannView parish
- Paroisse Saint Paul de Grand-YoffGrand-YoffView parish
- Paroisse Saint Pierre du PortDakarView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Esprit de DiohineFatickView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Pierre des BaobabsDakar-LibertéView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Agnès de RufisqueRufisqueView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Anne de Bel-AirDakarView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Anne de DiakhaoFatickView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Famille de Mar loojKaolackView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Jeanne d'Arc de FatickFatickView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Marthe de MbourMbour-EscaleView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant JésusDakar-LibertéView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Bernadette de NguénièneJoalView parish
- Paroisse Universitaire Saint DominiqueDakar-FannView parish
- Quasi Paroisse Bienheureux Edouard POPPE de Yeumbeul-MalikaYeumbeul-MalikaView parish
- Quasi Paroisse Enfant Jésus de Prague de Tivaouane PeulhTivaoune PeulhView parish
- Quasi-paroisse Bienheureuse Annuarite de SébikhotaneSébikhotaneView parish
- Quasi-paroisse Don Bosco de Nord-FoireYoffView parish
- Quasi-paroisse Saint Etienne de NdiandaNdiandaView parish
- Quasi-paroisse Saint Joseph de FisselFisselView parish
- Quasi-paroisse Saint-André de MbourMbourView parish
- Quasi-paroisse Sainte Geneviève de NguékhokhNguekhokhView parish
- Quasi-paroisse Sainte Joséphine Bakhita de HannDakarView parish
- Quasi-paroisse Sainte Marie Madeleine de MbaoMbaoView 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).