Pope Francis Appoints New Local Ordinaries for Senegal’s Dakar Archdiocese, Maradi Diocese in Niger

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Pope Francis Appoints New Local Ordinaries for Senegal’s Dakar Archdiocese, Maradi Diocese in Niger

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop André Gueye, the Local Ordinary of Senegal’s Thiès Diocese, as Archbishop of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar, and Mons. Ignatius Anipu, as the Local Ordinary of Maradi Diocese in Niger. The Holy See Press Office made public the appointment of Bishop Gueye and Mons. Anipu as well as the retirements of 76-year-old Local Ordinary of Dakar, Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye and Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo of Mara…