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Diocese of

Kaolack

Senegal

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dakar

History

1957.01.21: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaolack / Kaolacken(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dakar and Diocese of Ziguinchor)
1965.07.06: Promoted as Diocese of Kaolack / Kaolacken(sis) (Latin)
1970.08.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tambacounda

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Théophile, Kaolack, Kaolack

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.06.15 – ...):

Bishop Benjamin Ndiaye (65)

President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kaolack (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benjamin Ndiaye (65)
(2001.06.15 – ...)

Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal)
President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

Born:	1948.10.28 (Senegal)
Ordained Priest:	1977.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.11.24

Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal) (2001.06.15 – ...)

President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau (2012.10 – ...)

Bishop Théodore-Adrien Sarr (77) (later Cardinal)
(1974.07.01 – 2000.06.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi
Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal)
President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Born:	1936.11.28 (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 – ...)

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 – ...)

Bishop Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C.
(1965.07.06 – 1974.07.01)

Born:	1903.09.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1929.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.08.29
Died:	1982.11.14 († 79)

Prefect Apostolic of Kaolack (Senegal) (1957.03.29 – 1965.07.06)

Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal) (1965.07.06 – 1974.07.01)

Prefects Apostolic of Kaolack (Roman Rite)

Fr. Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C. (later Bishop)
(1957.03.29 – 1965.07.06)

(see above)

as of 2014.03.24

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