Archdiocese of Dakar
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Dakar in Senegal.
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
- Joachim-Pierre Buléon, C.S.Sp.
- François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp.
- Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp.
- Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp., appointed Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit
Vicars Apostolic of Dakar
- Auguste Grimault, C.S.Sp.
- Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp.
Archbishops of Dakar
- Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp., appointed Archbishop of Tulle, France
- Hyacinthe Thiandoum
- Théodore-Adrien Sarr
- Benjamin Ndiaye
- André Guèye
Auxiliary Bishop
- Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp., appointed Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion