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Metropolitan see Niamey, Niger

Archdiocese of Niamey

Niameyen(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Niamey is the Latin Rite metropolitan see for Niger, based in the capital. Erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1942 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 2007, it has Maradi as its single suffragan and has been led by Archbishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo since 2014.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours, in Niamey, Niger.

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Established
1942
Catholics
27,600
Priests
38
Territory
200,000 km²

Parishes and churches

19 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Djalwana Laurent Lompo
Born
1 January 1967
Birthplace
Koulbou

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The cathedral

Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours stands in Niamey, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Niger's capital city gives its name to the Archdiocese of Niamey (Latin: Archidioecesis Niameyensis), a Roman Catholic see erected on 28 April 1942 and raised to an archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI in June 2007. Using the Latin Rite, it covers approximately 200,000 square kilometres (80,000 mi2). As of 2004 the diocesan population stood at about 5,880,000, of whom 0.3% were Catholic, with 29 priests serving at a ratio of 517 Catholics per priest. Djalwana Laurent Lompo has led the archdiocese since October 2014, and the province he heads has one suffragan diocese, Maradi.

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  • “I made a rosary out of cloth”: Italian Missionary Priest Reflects on Two-Year Detention in Mali

    Father Pier Luigi Maccalli, an Italian missionary priest with the Society of African Missions, recently reflected on his two-year detention in Mali. Maccalli was kidnapped by armed men, suspected to be jihadist fighters linked to al-Qaeda, on September 17, 2018, while serving at Bomoanga Parish in the Archdiocese of Niamey, Niger. He was released on October 8, 2020. In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need, Maccalli described how he used prayer and a rosary he made from cloth to maintain a connection to his family and the communities he served. He noted that his time in captivity changed his perspective on missionary work, teaching him to serve through prayer when he could no longer physically travel to the people. Before his assignment in the isolated Bomoanga area of Niger, Maccalli served as a missionary in Ivory Coast for several years.

    Sep 18, 2026 · Dioceses

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