Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako

Archdiocese of Bamako

Archidioecesis Bamakoënsis

Archidiocèse de Bamako
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bamako
Location
Country Mali
Ecclesiastical provinceBamako
Statistics
Area32,908 sq mi (85,230 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2016)
4,650,549
138,165 (3%)
Parishes10
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established1868; 156 years ago (1868)
CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral
Secular priests33
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopRobert Cissé
Bishops emeritusJean Zerbo
Website
www.eglisemali.org/archidiocese-de-bamako

The Archdiocese of Bamako is the Metropolitan Archdiocesan See for the ecclesiastical province which covers all and only Mali. It depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

The cathedral seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in national capital Bamako.

Statistics

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As of 2022, it pastorally served 284,436 Catholics (4.9% of 5,836,797 total) on 85,000 km² in 10 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests (24 diocesan, 17 religious), 150 lay religious (35 brothers, 115 sisters).

History

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Ecclesiastical province

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The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are the:

Bishops

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Apostolic Prefect of Sahara and Sudan
  • Bishop Charles Lavigerie, M Afr (1868 – 13 March 1891 see below) (Cardinal in 1882); this tenure as Apostolic Prefect is not listed in Catholic-hierarchy
Apostolic Vicars of Sahara and Sudan
Apostolic Vicars of French Sudan
  • Hippolyte Louis Bazin, M Afr (27 July 1901 – 30 November 1910)
  • Alexis Lemaître, M Afr (24 February 1911 – 28 July 1920), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia
Apostolic Vicars of Bamako
  • Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M Afr (8 July 1921 – 6 April 1928)
  • Paul-Marie Molin, M Afr (2 July 1928 – 21 January 1949)
  • Pierre Louis Leclerc, M Afr (25 December 1949 – 14 September 1955)
Archbishops of Bamako
  • Pierre Louis Leclerc, M Afr (14 September 1955 – 10 March 1962), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Ségou
  • Luc Auguste Sangaré (10 March 1962 – 11 February 1998)
  • Jean Zerbo (27 June 1998 – 25 July 2024) (Cardinal in 2017)
  • Robert Cissé (25 July 2024 - )
Auxiliary Bishops
  • Jean Zerbo (1988-1994), appointed Bishop of Mopti; later returned as archbishop; later cardinal

See also

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