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.^[1]

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

Metropolitan Archbishops of Dakar (Roman rite)
- Archbishop-elect Benjamin Ndiaye (2014.12.22 - present); previously, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaolack
- Cardinal Théodore-Adrien Sarr (2000.06.02 - 2014.12.22); previously, also Bishop of Kaolack
- Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum (1962.02.24 – 2000.06.02); deceased
- Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. (1955.09.14 – 1962.01.23); deceased (was excommunicated)
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)Aymar d'Arlot Saint Saud (1906). Armorial des prélats français du XIXe siècle (in French). H. Daragon. p. 290.Joseph Roger de Benoist (2008). Histoire de l'église catholique du Sénégal du milieu du XVe siècle à l'aube du troisième millénaire (in French). Paris: Karthala. pp. 227–264.

- 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)