Diocese of Kaolack

Diocese of Kaolack

*Dioecesis Kaolackensis*
Diocese of Kaolack; Dioecesis Kaolackensis
	Map of the Diocese of Kaolack
Location
Country	Senegal
Metropolitan	Dakar
Statistics
Area	21,299 km2 (8,224 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2004); 1,741,000; 14,450 (0.8%);
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaolack (Latin: Kaolacken(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Kaolack) is a diocese located in the city of Kaolack in the ecclesiastical province of Dakar in Senegal.

History

February 21, 1957: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaolack from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dakar and Diocese of Ziguinchor
July 6, 1965: Promoted as Diocese of Kaolack

Prefect Apostolic of Kaolack (Roman rite)
- Fr. Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C. (1957.03.29 – 1965.07.06 see below)
Bishops of Kaolack (Roman rite)
- Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C. (see above 1965.07.06 – 1974.07.01)
- Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1974.07.01 – 2000.06.02), appointed Archbishop of Dakar (Cardinal in 2007)
- Benjamin Ndiaye (2001.06.15 - 2014.12.22), appointed Archbishop of Dakar^[1]
- Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S. (2018.07.25 –)