Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar explained

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]

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

Auguste Grimault, C.S.Sp. (1927-1946)
Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. (1947-1955 see below)

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

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

Suffragan Diocese

See also

Sources

GCatholic.org

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Notes and References

Web site: Rinunce e nomine, 22.12.2014. Holy See Press Office. latin. https://web.archive.org/web/20141222185600/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/12/22/0981/02121.html. December 22, 2014. December 22, 2014.