Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako
Archdiocese of Bamako Archidioecesis Bamakoënsis Archidiocèse de Bamako | |
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 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bamako | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bamako |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 32,908 sq mi (85,230 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 4,650,549 138,165 (3%) |
| Parishes | 10 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1868 |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 33 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean Zerbo |
| Website | |
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The Archdiocese of Bamako is the Metropolitan Archdiocesan See for the Ecclesiastical province which covers all and only Mali, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The cathedral archiepiscopal seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in national capital Bamako.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 134,982 Catholics (3.1% of 4,332,101 total) on 85,000 km² in 10 parishes and 1 mission with 31 priests (13 diocesan, 18 religious), 159 lay religious (42 brothers, 117 sisters) and 14 seminarians .
History
- 1868: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sahara and Sudan
- 1891: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sahara and Sudan, hence entitled to a titular bishop
- 19 July 1901: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan (the French colonial name of Mali)/ Sahara nel Sudan Francese (Curiate Italian) / Saharen(sis) (Latin adjective), having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa
- 2 July 1921: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako / Bamakoën(sis) (Latin adjective), having lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou (in Upper Volta, the French colonial name of Burkina Faso)
- Lost territory repeatedly : on 1927.12.15 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso, on 1937.03.09 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of N’Zérékoré, on 1942.06.09 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Gao (now its suffragan) and on 1947.06.12 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kayes (now its suffragan)
- 14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamako / Bamakoën(sis) (Latin adjective)
- Lost territory again on 1962.03.10 to establish as its suffragan Diocese of Ségou
- It enjoyed a papal visit from Pope John Paul II in January 1990.
Ecclesiastical province
The Metropolitan's Suffragan sees are the:
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Kayes
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Mopti
- Roman Catholic Diocese of San
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Ségou
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Sikasso
Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
Apostolic Prefects of Sahara and Sudan
- Charles Lavigerie, M Afr (1868 – 13 March 1891)
Apostolic Vicars of Sahara and Sudan
- Charles Lavigerie, M Afr (13 March 1891 – 26 November 1892)
- Anatole-Joseph Toulotte, M Afr (26 November 1892 – 18 October 1897)
- Augustin Prosper Hacquard, M Afr (19 January 1898 – 4 April 1901)
Apostolic Vicars of French Sudan
- Hippolyte Louis Bazin, M Afr (27 July 1901 – 30 November 1910)
- Alexis Lemaître, M Afr (24 February 1911 – 28 July 1920)
Apostolic Vicars of Bamako
- Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M Afr (8 July 1921 – 6 April 1928)
- Paul-Marie Molin, M Afr (2 July 1928 – 21 January 1949)
- Pierre Louis Leclerc, M Afr (25 December 1949 – 14 September 1955)
Archbishops of Bamako
- Pierre Louis Leclerc, M Afr (14 September 1955 – 10 March 1962)
- Luc Auguste Sangaré (10 March 1962 – 11 February 1998)
- Jean Zerbo (27 June 1998 – )