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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

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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.

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History

  • 1863.02.06: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia in Gabon
  • 1936.01.27: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Dakar
  • 1955.09.14: 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.

    Leadership

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Dakar (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop-elect Benjamin Ndiaye (2014.12.22 - present); previously, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaolack
  • Cardinal Théodore-Adrien Sarr (2000.06.02 - 2014.12.22); previously, also Bishop of Kaolack
  • Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum (1962.02.24 – 2000.06.02); deceased
  • Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. (1955.09.14 – 1962.01.23); deceased (was excommunicated)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Dakar (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. (1947.06.12 – 1955.09.14)
  • Bishop Auguste Grimault, C.S.Sp. (1927.01.24 – 1946.12.12)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Senegambia (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. (1920.04.22 – 1926.07.26)
  • Bishop Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. (1909.02.13 – 1920.01.12)
  • Bishop François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. (1901.02.27 – 1908.03.20)
  • Bishop Joachim-Pierre Buléon, C.S.Sp. (1899.06.06 – 1900.06.13)
  • Bishop Magloire-Désiré Barthet (1889.07.30 – 1898.12.15)Aymar d'Arlot Saint Saud (1906). Armorial des prélats français du XIXe siècle (in French). H. Daragon. p. 290. Joseph Roger de Benoist (2008). Histoire de l'église catholique du Sénégal du milieu du XVe siècle à l'aube du troisième millénaire (in French). Paris: Karthala. pp. 227–264. 

    • Suffragan Diocese

  • Kaolack
  • Kolda
  • Saint-Louis du Sénégal
  • Tambacounda
  • Thiès
  • Ziguinchor

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar Wikipedia
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