Diocese of

Kaolack

Senegal

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kaolack / Kaolacken(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dakar

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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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) (became suffragan of Dakar)
1970.08.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tambacounda

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.07.25 – ...):

Bishop Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S. (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kaolack (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S. (58)
(2018.07.25 – ...)

Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal)

Il les aima jusqu’à la fin

Born:	1966.09.16 (Koudiadiène, Senegal)
Ordained Priest:	1996.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.11.24

Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal) (2018.07.25 – ...)

Bishop Benjamin Ndiaye (76) (later Archbishop)
(2001.06.15 – 2014.12.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dakar (Senegal)

Puiser aux sources vives du salut

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

Priest of Dakar (Senegal) (1977.08.21 – 2001.06.15)

Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal) (2001.06.15 – 2014.12.22)

President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau (2012.10 – 2017.11.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal) (2014.12.22 – 2025.02.22)

Bishop Théodore-Adrien Sarr (88) (later Cardinal)
(1974.07.01 – 2000.06.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dakar (Senegal)

Born:	1936.11.28 (Fadiouth, Senegal)
Ordained Priest:	1964.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.11.24
Created Cardinal:	2007.11.24

Priest of Dakar (Senegal) (1964.05.28 – 1974.07.01)

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)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Théophile, Kaolack, Kaolack

Dakar (↖), Thiès (↖), Saint-Louis du Sénégal (↗), Tambacounda (→), Banjul (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,299 km²

Population: 21,129 Catholics (1.0% of 2,126,250 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes, 69 missions

Personnel: 60 priests (37 diocesan, 23 religious), 102 religious (33 brothers, 69 sisters), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.03.25

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