Born: | 1936.11.28 (Fadiouth, Senegal) | Ordained Priest: | 1964.05.28 | Consecrated Bishop: | 1974.11.24 | Created Cardinal: | 2007.11.24 |
| Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal) (1974.07.01 – 2000.06.02) President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau (1987 – 2005) Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal) (2000.06.02 – 2014.12.22) President of Regional Episcopal Conferences of Western Francophone Africa (2003 – 2009.09.01) Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi (2007.11.24 [2008.04.06] – ...) President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (2009.09.01 – 2016.02) |