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]

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

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

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)