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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

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.

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

pecial Churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires in Dakar. There is a Minor Basilica at Notre-Dame de la Délivrance de Poponguine in Poponguine.

Leadership

* Metropolitan Archbishops of Dakar (Roman rite)
** Cardinal Théodore-Adrien Sarr since 2000.06.02
** Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum (1962.02.24 – 2000.06.02)
** Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. (1955.09.14 – 1962.01.23)
* 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)
** Bishop Mathurin Picarda (1887.07.19 – 1889.01.22)
** Bishop François-Xavier Riehl (1883.11.23 – 1886.07.23)
** Bishop François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp. (1876.06.20 – 1883.07)
** Bishop Jean-Claude Duret, C.S.Sp. (1873.08.22 – 1875.12.29)
** Bishop Aloyse Kobès, C.S.Sp. (1863.02.06 – 1872.10.11)

uffragan Diocese

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

ee also

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

ource

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/daka0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]


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