Archbishop_of_Dakar

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Senegal

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

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia.

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

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

Suffragan Diocese

See also

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References

  1. [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

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