Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

Summary

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar (Latin: Dakaren(sis), French: Archidiocèse catholique romain de Dakar) 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 edit

Special churches edit

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 edit

Ordinaries edit

Vicars Apostolic of Senegambia edit

  • 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 edit

Archbishops of Dakar edit

  • 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 edit

Suffragan Diocese edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 22.12.2014". Holy See Press Office (in Latin). December 22, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014.

Sources edit

  • GCatholic.org

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