The

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

has not an episcopal conference of their own, but

is part of the episcopate of the Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea Bissau ( French: Conférence des Bishop's du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie, du Cap-Vert et de Guinée-Bissau). It is a member of the Episcopal Conférence Régionale de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Francophone (CERAO) Symposium of Episcopal Conferences and of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference: 1970-1987:

Hyacinthe Thiandoum Hyacinthe Thiandoum (2 February 1921 – 18 May 2004) was the first native Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal) and who was elevated to the cardinalate in mid-1976 by Pope Paul VI. Born 1921 in Poponguine, Senegal, his father was a catechist. After fin ...

, archbishop of

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

1987-2005: Theodore-Adrien Sarr, Bishop of

Kaolack Kaolack ( ar, كاولاك; wo, Kawlax) is a town of 172,305 people (2002 census) on the north bank of the Saloum River and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders The Gambia to the south. Kaolack is an ...

and Archbishop of

Since 2005: Jean-Noël Diouf, Bishop of

Tambacounda Tambacounda ( ar, تامباكوندا; Wolof: Tambaakundaa ) is the largest city in eastern Senegal, southeast of Dakar, and is the regional capital of the province of the same name. Its estimated population in 2007 was 78,800. Geography Tamb ...

References

External links

* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/SN.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/sn.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/MR.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/mr.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/CV.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/cv.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/GW.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/gw.html

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