Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

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Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires, the seat of the archbishop
Map of the Archdiocese of Dakar.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar (Latin: Dakaren(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Dakar in Senegal.[1]

History[]

  • February 2, 1863: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia in Gabon
  • January 27, 1936: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Dakar
  • September 14, 1955: 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.

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)
  • (2014–present)

Auxiliary Bishop[]

  • Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. (1949-1960), appointed Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

Suffragan Diocese[]

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in Senegal
  • List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Senegal

References[]

  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[]

Coordinates: 14°41′34″N 17°26′48″W / 14.6928°N 17.4467°W / 14.6928; -17.4467

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