TheArchdiocese of Niamey (Latin:Archidioecesis Niameyensis) is aRoman CatholicArchdiocese inNiger. It is based in the capital city ofNiamey and was erected on 28 April 1942.Pope Benedict XVI made it anarchdiocese in June 2007. It uses theLatin Rite and covers approximately 200,000 square kilometres (80,000 mi2).
As of 2004, the diocesan population was about 5,880,000 with 0.3% Catholic. 29 priests were in the diocese for a ratio of 517 Catholics per priest.[citation needed]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.
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