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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako

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Area
  
82,500 km²

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bamako in Mali.

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History

  • 1868: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sahara and Sudan
  • 1891: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sahara and Sudan
  • July 19, 1901: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan
  • July 2, 1921: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako
  • September 14, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamako

    • Special churches

    The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus in Bamako.

    Leadership

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Bamako (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Jean Zerbo since 1998.06.27
  • Archbishop Luc Auguste Sangaré 1962.03.10 – 1998.02.11
  • Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. 1955.09.14 – 1962.03.10
  • Vicars Apostolic of Bamako (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. 1949.12.25 – 1955.09.14
  • Bishop Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr. 1928.07.02 – 1949.01.21
  • Bishop Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr. 1921.07.08 – 1928.04.06
  • Vicars Apostolic of French Sudan (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Alexis Lemaître, M. Afr. 1911.02.24 – 1920.07.28
  • Bishop Hippolyte Louis Bazin 1901.07.27 – 1910.11.30
  • Vicars Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Augustin Prosper Hacquard, M. Afr. 1898.01.19 – 1901.04.04
  • Bishop Anatole-Joseph Toulotte 1892.11.26 – 1897.10.18

    • Suffragan Diocese

  • Kayes
  • Mopti
  • San
  • Ségou
  • Sikasso

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako Wikipedia
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