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.

[edit] 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

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

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.

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)