Archdiocese of Bamako

The Archdiocese of Bamako is the Metropolitan Archdiocesan See for the ecclesiastical province which covers all and only Mali. It depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The cathedral seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the national capital Bamako.

Statistics

As of 2022, it pastorally served 284,436 Catholics on 85,000 km² in 10 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests, 150 lay religious.

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 the Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan /Sahara nel Sudan Francese / Saharen, having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa
2 July 1921: Renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako / Bamakoën, having lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou
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 and on 1947.06.12 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kayes
14 September 1955: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamako / Bamakoën
Lost territory again on 1962.03.10 to establish as its suffragan the Diocese of Ségou
It received a List of pastoral visits of [Pope John Paul II|papal visit] from Pope John Paul II in January 1990.

The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are the:

;Apostolic Prefect of Sahara and Sudan

Bishop Charles Lavigerie, M Afr ; this tenure as Apostolic Prefect is not listed in Catholic-hierarchy

; Apostolic Vicars of Sahara and Sudan

; Apostolic Vicars of French Sudan

; Apostolic Vicars of Bamako

; Archbishops of Bamako

Jean Zerbo, appointed Bishop of Mopti; later returned as archbishop; later cardinal