Metropolitan Archdiocese of Niamey, Niger 🇳🇪

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Niamey / Niameyen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Maradi

Neighbouring Dioceses: Fada N’Gourma (↙), Dori (←), Mopti (↑), Maradi (→), Sokoto (↘), Kandi (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1942.04.28: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey / Niameyen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey, Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban, Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum, Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou, Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Apostolic Prefecture of Jos and Apostolic Prefecture of Kaduna)
1948.05.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou
1959.02.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Fada N’Gourma
1961.03.21: Promoted as Diocese of Niamey / Niameyen(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
2001.03.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Maradi
2007.06.25: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Niamey / Niameyen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Maradi)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.10.11 – ...):

Archbishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo (59)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Niamey (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo (59)
(2014.10.11 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niamey (Niger)

Il y a plus de bonheur à donner qu’à recevoir

Born:	1967.01.01 (Koulbou, Niger)
Ordained Priest:	1997.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.06.09

Priest of Niamey (Niger) (1997.09.21 – 2013.01.26)

Titular Bishop of Buffada (2013.01.26 – 2014.10.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey (Niger) (2013.01.26 – 2014.10.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niamey (Niger) (2014.10.11 – ...)

Archbishop Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A. (74)
(2007.06.25 – 2014.10.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Niamey (Niger)

Qu’il grandisse et que je diminue

Born:	1951.10.28 (Hasparren, France)
Ordained Priest:	1979.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.09.26

Titular Bishop of Aulon (1999.05.18 – 2003.01.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey (Niger) (1999.05.18 – 2003.01.25)

Bishop of Niamey (Niger) (2003.01.25 – 2007.06.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niamey (Niger) (2007.06.25 – 2014.10.11)

Bishops of Niamey (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A. (74) (later Archbishop)
(2003.01.25 – 2007.06.25)

(see above)

Bishop Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R.
(1997.03.03 – 2003.01.25)

Born:	1937.06.11 (Arc-en-Barrois, France)
Ordained Priest:	1964.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.09.30
Died:	2023.11.23 (Paris, France † 86)

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (1984.06.25 – 1997.03.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Niamey (Niger) (1984.06.25 – 1997.03.03)

Bishop of Niamey (Niger) (1997.03.03 – 2003.01.25)

Bishop Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R.
(Apostolic Administrator 1984.06.25 – 1997.03.03)

Bishop Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R.
(1961.03.21 – 1984.06.25)

Faire la verité mais avec l’amour

Born:	1919.03.10 (Pélussin, France)
Ordained Priest:	1946.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.05.21
Died:	1992.09.22 (Niamey, Niger † 73)

Bishop of Niamey (Niger) (1961.03.21 – 1984.06.25)

Prefects Apostolic of Niamey (Roman Rite)

Fr. Constant Quillard, C.SS.R.
(1948.07.15 – 1961)

Died:

1961

Prefect Apostolic of Niamey (Niger) (1948.07.15 – 1961)

Fr. François Faroud, S.M.A.
(1942.05.01 – 1948.05.21)

Born:	1885.07.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1910.11.13
Died:	1963.09.05 († 78)

Prefect Apostolic of Niamey (Niger) (1942.05.01 – 1948.05.21)

Prefect Apostolic of Parakou (Benin) (1948.05.21 – 1956)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo (59) (later Archbishop) (2013.01.26 – 2014.10.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A. (74) (later Archbishop) (1999.05.18 – 2003.01.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo (77) (1999.05.18 – 2001.03.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours, Niamey

Fada N’Gourma (↙), Dori (←), Mopti (↑), Maradi (→), Sokoto (↘), Kandi (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 200,000 km²

Population: 27,600 Catholics (0.2% of 11,183,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 27 priests (15 diocesan, 12 religious), 84 religious (15 brothers, 69 sisters), 10 seminarians