{{Short description|none}} {{Infobox Christian denomination | icon = Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg | icon_width = 25px | icon_alt = | name = Catholic Church in Niger | native_name = {{langx|ha|Cocin Katolika a Nijar}} | native_name_lang = ha | image = Niger, Niamey, Cathedral.jpg | imagewidth = 250px | alt = | caption = Cathedral of Our lady of Perpetual Help, [[Niamey]] | abbreviation = | type = | main_classification = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] | orientation = [[Latin Church|Latin]] | scripture = [[Bible]] | theology = [[Catholic theology]] | polity = | governance = [[Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger|CEBN]] | structure = | leader_title = [[Pope]] | leader_name = {{incumbent pope}} | leader_title1 = President | leader_name1 = [[Séraphin François Rouamba]] | leader_title2 = [[Apostolic Nunciature to Niger|Apostolic Nuncio]] | leader_name2 = [[Eric Soviguidi]] | fellowships_type = | fellowships = | fellowships_type1 = | fellowships1 = | division_type = | division = | division_type1 = | division1 = | division_type2 = | division2 = | division_type3 = | division3 = | associations = | area = [[Niger]] | language = [[Hausa language|Hausa]], [[Zarma language|Zarma]], [[Ecclesiastical Latin|Latin]] | headquarters = Cathedral of Our lady of Perpetual Help, [[Niamey]] | origin_link = | founder = | founded_date = | founded_place = | separated_from = | parent = | merger = | absorbed = | separations = | merged_into = | defunct = | congregations_type = | congregations = | members = 20,475 (0.09%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=165c |title=National Profiles: Niger |website=World Religion |publisher=[[Association of Religion Data Archives]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> | ministers_type = | ministers = | missionaries = | churches = | hospitals = | nursing_homes = | aid = | primary_schools = | secondary_schools = | tax_status = | tertiary = | other_names = | publications = | website = | slogan = | logo = | footnotes = }} {{Catholic Church by country}} {{use dmy dates |date=February 2024}}
The '''Catholic Church in Niger''' is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]].
In 2005 there were approximately 16,000 Catholics in Niger.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.earthhealing.info/catholicstats.pdf |title=GLOBAL CATHOLIC STATISTICS: 1905 and Today |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> They were based in two dioceses: the [[Diocese of Maradi]] (approximately 1,000) and the much larger [[Archdiocese of Niamey]] (approximately 15,000).
In 2020, figures showed that 0.09% of the country's population was Catholic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=165c |title=National Profiles: Niger |website=World Religion |publisher=[[Association of Religion Data Archives]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> In the same year, 61 priests and 88 nuns served across 25 parishes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/niger |website=Catholics and Culture |title=Niger |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
The bishops are members of the [[Conference of Bishops of Burkina Faso and of Niger]]. Séraphin François Rouamba is the President of the Episcopal Conference and also is Archbishop of Koupela (Burkina Faso). Niger is a member of the [[Regional Episcopal Conference of Francophone West Africa]] and [[Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar]].
Since 2025, the Apostolic Nuncio to Niger (and Burkina Faso) is [[Eric Soviguidi]].
==See also== *[[Religion in Niger]] *[[Christianity in Niger]] *[[Apostolic Nunciature to Niger]]
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==External links== * [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/NE.htm GCatholic website] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/ne.html Catholic Hierarchy website] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
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