AFRICA/SENEGAL - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Dakar

Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal, presented by Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop André Gueye, until now bishop of Thiès and apostolic administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal, as metropolitan archbishop of Dakar, Senegal.
Archbishop-elect André Gueye was born on 6 January 1967 in Pallo-Younga. He carried out his studies in philosophy in the major seminary of Sebikhotane in Dakar, and in Brin, Ziguinchor. He studied theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University of Rome, as a guest of the Pontifical Urban College.
He was ordained a priest on 27 June 1992 in the Cathedral of Thiès.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Sainte Croix in Bambey (1992-1997), parish vicar of Sainte Anne Cathedral in Thiès (1997-2004), parish priest of Sainte Croix in Bambey (2004-2006), and teacher of philosophy at the Saint Jean Marie Vianney Major Seminary of Brin, diocese of Ziguinchor (2006-2012).
He was elected bishop of Thiès on 18 January 2013, and was consecrated the following 25 May.
Since 12 January he has served as apostolic administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal. (Agenzia Fides, 22/2/2025)

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