Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal

The Diocese of Saint- Louis du Sénégal (Latin: Sancti Ludovici Dioecesis senegalensis ) is a location in Senegal Roman Catholic diocese based in Saint- Louis. It covers the three regions of Saint- Louis, Louga and Matam.

History

Pope Clement XIII. founded the Apostolic Prefecture Sénégal from 1763 cession of territory of the Diocese of Funchal. On January 27, 1936 with the Apostolic Constitution Non semel Apostolica took the name, Apostolic Prefecture of Saint- Louis du Sénégal, at.

On February 15, 1966, she was charged with the Bull, Christi Ecclesia to the diocese and the Archdiocese of Dakar assumed as suffragan.

Parts of its territory it lost in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:

• May 6, 1931 at the mission sui juris Gambia;
• December 18, 1965 to the Diocese of Nouakchott;
• August 13, 1970 at the Prefecture Apostolic of Tambacounda.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Sénégal

• Jean -Claude Duret CSSp ( 1856-22. August 1873, then Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia )
• François -Marie Duboin CSSp (July 20, 1876 July 1883, resigned )
• François -Xavier Riehl CSSp (23 November 1883-23. July 1886, died )
• Mathurin Picarda CSSp (July 14, 1887-22. January 1889, died )
• Joachim- Pierre Buléon CSSp (6 June 1899-13. Died in June 1900 )
• François- Nicolas- Alphonse Kunemann CSSp (27 February 1901-20. March 1908, died )
• Hyacinthe -Joseph Jalabert CSSp (13 February 1909-12. January 1920, died )
• Louis Le Hunsec CSSp (26 June 1920-26. July 1926, then Superior General of the Holy Ghost )

Prefect Apostolic of Saint- Louis du Sénégal

• Joseph Landreau CSSp (1955-1965, died )

Bishops of Saint- Louis du Sénégal

• Prosper Paul Dodds CSSp (15 February 1966-12. January 1973 died )
• Pierre Sagna CSSp (19 December 1974-22. February 2003, resigned )
• Ernest Sambou, since February 22, 2003

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