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Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Louis du Sénégal

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Metropolitan
  
Dakar

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Senegal

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
73,315 km²

Bishop
  
Ernest Sambou

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 1,578,853 4,850 (0.3%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Latin: Sancti Ludovici Senegalen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Saint-Louis in the Ecclesiastical province of Dakar in Senegal.

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History

  • 1763: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sénégal from the Diocese of Funchal in Portugal
  • January 27, 1936: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
  • February 15, 1966: Promoted as Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal

    • Special churches

  • The cathedral is Cathédrale Saint Louis

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Ernest Sambou (since 2003.02.22)
  • Bishop Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. (1974.12.19 – 2003.02.22)
  • Bishop Prosper Dodds, C.S.Sp. (1966.02.15 – 1973.01.12)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Joseph Landreau, C.S.Sp. (1955 – 1965)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Sénégal (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. (1920.06.26 – 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 Mathurin Picarda (1887.07.14 – 1889.01.22)
  • Bishop François-Xavier Riehl (1883.11.23 – 1886.07.23)
  • Bishop François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp. (1876.07.20 – 1883.07)
  • Bishop Jean-Claude Duret, C.S.Sp. (1856 – 1873.08.22)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Wikipedia
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