Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar (Dakaren(sis), French: Archidiocèse catholique romain de 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.

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 (2014–present)

Auxiliary Bishop

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

Suffragan Diocese

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