Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

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]

Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires, the seat of the archbishop

Map of the Archdiocese of Dakar.

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

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 (22 December 2014 - 22 February 2025)
• André Guèye (since 22 February 2025)

Auxiliary Bishop

• Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. (1949-1960), appointed Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

Suffragan Dioceses

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

See also

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