Benjamin Ndiaye

Benjamin Ndiaye is a Senegalese Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal, from 22 December 2014 until his age-related retirement on 22 February 2025. Before that, from 15 June 2001 until 22 December 2014, he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaolack, Senegal. He was appointed bishop on 15 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated and installed at Kaolack, on 24 November 2001 by Archbishop Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar. His age-related request to retire from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal, was accepted on 22 February 2025 by Pope Francis, and Bishop André Guèye was appointed as his successor as the archbishop of Dakar.