Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar (Latin: Dakaren(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Dakar in Senegal.[1]

Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires, the seat of the archbishop
Map of the Archdiocese of Dakar.

History
  • February 2, 1863: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia in Gabon
  • January 27, 1936: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Dakar
  • September 14, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dakar

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires in Dakar. There is a Minor Basilica at Basilique Notre-Dame de la Délivrance in Poponguine.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Senegambia
  • Magloire-Désiré Barthet (1889-1898)
  • Joachim-Pierre Buléon, C.S.Sp. (1899-1900)
  • François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. (1901-1908)
  • Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. (1909-1920)
  • Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. (1920-1926), appointed Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit

Vicars Apostolic of Dakar
  • Auguste Grimault, C.S.Sp. (1927-1946)
  • Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. (1947-1955 see below)

Archbishops of Dakar
  • Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. (see above 1955-1962), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Tulle, France
  • Hyacinthe Thiandoum (1962-2000) (Cardinal in 1976)
  • Théodore-Adrien Sarr (2000-2014) (Cardinal in 2007)
  • Benjamin Ndiaye (2014–present)

Auxiliary Bishop
  • Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. (1949-1960), appointed Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

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See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Senegal
  • List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Senegal

References
  1. http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2014%2F12%2F22%2F0981%2F02121.html

Sources

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