Archdiocese of Niamey
Niameyen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Niamey, Niger
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 June 2007
- Latin
- Niameyen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Annuario code
- 001002388
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,600
- Population
- 11,183,000
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 726
- Extent
- 200,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Djalwana Laurent Lompo
- Born
- 1 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Koulbou
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours stands in Niamey, 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.
The province of Niamey
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MaradiMaradi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].