Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Niamey

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The Archdiocese of Niamey (Latin: Archidioecesis Niameyensis) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Niger. It is based in the capital city of Niamey and was erected on 28 April 1942. Pope Benedict XVI made it an archdiocese in June 2007. It performs the Latin Rite and covers approximately 200,000 square kilometres (80,000 sq mi).

As of 2004, the diocese population was about 5,880,000 with 0.3% Catholic. 29 priests were in the Diocese for a ratio of 517 Catholics per Priest. Djalwana Laurent Lompo has been the head of the archdiocese since October 2014.

This archdiocese is the metropolitan of a province having one suffragan diocese: Maradi.

Bishops

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Prefects Apostolic of Niamey
Bishops of Niamey
Archbishops of Niamey (since 2007)

Auxiliary Bishops

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