Catholic Church

Also known as: le Sénégal (français), Senegal (Deutsch, español, Italiano, polski, Português), 塞ふさが內加爾なんじ (正體しょうたい中ちゅう文ぶん), セネガル (日本語にほんご), Senegalia (latine)

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Capital: Dakar

Area: 192,530 km²

Population: 13,635,927

Saints: 1 Blessed

Religions: Muslim 96.1% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 3.6% (mostly Roman Catholic), animist 0.3%

Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pular, Jola, Mandinka, Serer, Soninke

Ethnic Groups: Wolof 41.6%, Pular 28.1%, Serer 15.3%, Mandinka 5.4%, Jola 3.4%, Soninke 0.8%, other 5.4% (includes Europeans and persons of Lebanese descent)

Motto: Un peuple, un but, une foi (French) (One people, one goal, one faith)

Neighbouring Countries: ↖ Cabo Verde , ↑ Mauritania , → Mali , ↘ Guinea , ↓ Gambia , ↓ Guinea-Bissau

Jurisdictions (8): Metr. Archdioceses (1), Dioceses (7)

Roman Rite (7): Dakar, Kaolack, Kolda, Saint-Louis du Sénégal, Tambacounda, Thiès, Ziguinchor

Maronite Church (1): Annunciation of Ibadan

Cardinals (0 electors/1 total): Sarr (85) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: Senegal

Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie, du Cap-Vert et de Guinée-Bissau

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.)