Diocese of Kaolack
| Diocese of Kaolack | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Senegal |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Dakar |
| Diocesan bishop | Martin Boucar Tine SSS |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 21,299 km² |
| Parishes | 15 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 1,689,565 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 14,755 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 0.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 447 |
| Friars | 36 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 68 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Théophile |
The Bistum Kaolack ( latin : Dioecesis Kaolackensis ) is an in Senegal preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kaolack . It includes the regions Kaolack and Kaffrine .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Kaolack with the Apostolic Constitution Firmissima libertatis on January 21, 1957 from cessions of territory by the Diocese of Ziguinchor and the Archdiocese of Dakar .
On July 6, 1965 she was raised to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Christi Vicarii and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dakar as a suffragan diocese. It lost part of its territory on August 13, 1970 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Tambacounda .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Kaolack
- Théophile Albert Cadoux MSC (March 29, 1957 - July 6, 1965)
Bishops of Kaolack
- Théophile Albert Cadoux MSC (resigned July 6, 1965 - July 1, 1974)
- Théodore-Adrien Sarr (July 1, 1974 - June 2, 2000, then Archbishop of Dakar )
- Benjamin Ndiaye , (June 15, 2001– December 22, 2014, then Archbishop of Dakar)
- Martin Boucar Tine SSS (since July 25, 2018)
See also
Web links
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Kaolack on Giga-Catholic (English)