Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako

Archdiocese of Bamako
Archdiocese of Bamako; Archidioecesis Bamakoënsis; Archidiocèse de Bamako
	Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bamako
Location
Country	Mali
Ecclesiastical province	Bamako
Statistics
Area	32,908 sq mi (85,230 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2016); 4,650,549; 138,165 (3%)
Parishes	10
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1868
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Secular priests	33
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jean 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, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 134,982 Catholics (3.1% of 4,332,101 total) on 85,000 km² in 10 parishes and 1 mission with 31 priests (13 diocesan, 18 religious), 159 lay religious (42 brothers, 117 sisters) and 14 seminarians .

History

1868: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sahara and Sudan
1891: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sahara and Sudan, hence entitled to a titular bishop
19 July 1901: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of French Sudan (the French colonial name of Mali)/ Sahara nel Sudan Francese (Curiate Italian) / Saharen(sis) (Latin adjective), having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa
2 July 1921: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako / Bamakoën(sis) (Latin adjective), having lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou (in Upper Volta, the French colonial name of Burkina Faso)
Lost territory repeatedly : on 1927.12.15 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bobo-Dioulasso, on 1937.03.09 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of N’Zérékoré, on 1942.06.09 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Gao (now its suffragan) and on 1947.06.12 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kayes (now its suffragan)
14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamako / Bamakoën(sis) (Latin adjective)
Lost territory again on 1962.03.10 to establish as its suffragan Diocese of Ségou
It enjoyed a papal visit from Pope John Paul II in January 1990.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan's Suffragan sees are the:

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Prefects of Sahara and Sudan

Charles Lavigerie, M Afr (1868 – 13 March 1891)

Apostolic Vicars of Sahara and Sudan

Charles Lavigerie, M Afr (13 March 1891 – 26 November 1892)
Anatole-Joseph Toulotte, M Afr (26 November 1892 – 18 October 1897)
Augustin Prosper Hacquard, M Afr (19 January 1898 – 4 April 1901)

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)

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)
Luc Auguste Sangaré (10 March 1962 – 11 February 1998)
Jean Zerbo (27 June 1998 – )

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org - data for all sections

Coordinates: 12°38′37″N 7°59′58″W / 12.6437°N 7.9994°W / 12.6437; -7.9994

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