Suffragan diocese Kaolack, Senegal
Diocese of Kaolack
Kaolacken(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kaolack is a Latin rite see in central Senegal, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1957 and promoted to a diocese on 6 July 1965. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dakar.
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- Established
- 1965
- Catholics
- 14,450
- Priests
- 61
- Territory
- 21,299 km²
Parishes and churches
18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Cathédrale Saint ThéophileKaolack · CathedralView parish
- Paroisse Bienheureux Jean XXIII de KarangKarangView parish
- Paroisse Christ Roi de l'Univers de PassyPassyView parish
- Paroisse Immaculée Conception de GuinguinéoGuinguinéoView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame d'Ayde de Maka-KahoneMaka-KahoneView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de Fatima de KoungheulKoungheulView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de Lourdes de KaffrineKaffrineView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame des Anges de Nioro du RipNioro du RipView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame des Pauvres de MBarMbarView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame du Laghem de NdoffaneNdoffaneView parish
- Paroisse Sacré-Cœur de GandiayeGandiayeView parish
- Paroisse Saint Jean Apôtre des Parcelles-AssainiesKaolackView parish
- Paroisse Saint Joseph Ouvrier de SibassorSibassorView parish
- Paroisse Saint Martin de Porrès de NdiébelNdiébelView parish
- Paroisse Saint Paul de FoundiougneFoundiougneView parish
- Paroisse Saint Pierre de GossasGossasView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Famille de NdiédiengNdiédiengView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant-JésusSokoneView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Martin Boucar Tine
- Born
- 16 September 1966
- Birthplace
- Koudiadiène
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SS.MO SACRAMENTO (SACRAMENTINI)
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Saint-Theophile stands in Kaolack, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In Senegal's ecclesiastical province of Dakar, the city of Kaolack is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaolack (Latin: Kaolacken(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Kaolack).