Hyacinthe Thiandoum

His Eminence Hyacinthe Thiandoum
Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Dakar
See	Dakar
Appointed	24 February 1962
Term ended	2 June 2000
Predecessor	Marcel Lefebvre
Successor	Théodore-Adrien Sarr
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo (1976-2004)
Previous post(s)	President of the Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau (1970-87) President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (1979-81)
Orders
Ordination	18 April 1949 by Marcel Lefebvre
Consecration	20 May 1962 by Jean Émile André Marie Maury
Created cardinal	24 May 1976 by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Hyacinthe Thiandoum 2 February 1921 Poponguine, Senegal
Died	18 May 2004(2004-05-18) (aged 83) Saint Thomas de Villeneuve hospital, Aix-en-Provence, France
Buried	Dakar Cathedral
Parents	François Ndiémé Anna Ndiémé Sène
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	In verbo Tuo laxabo rete

Hyacinthe Thiandoum (2 February 1921 – 18 May 2004) was the first native Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal) and who was elevated to the cardinalate in mid-1976 by Pope Paul VI.

Born 1921 in Poponguine, Senegal, his father was a catechist. After finishing his secondary studies, he entered the regional seminary of Dakar and was ordained a priest on 18 April 1949, did parish work for two years and then went to Rome for further study at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He returned to Senegal in 1953 and, after working as a chaplain to Catholic action groups, became parish priest of the Dakar cathedral in 1960 and Vicar General the following year.

On 20 May 1962 he was consecrated as Archbishop of Dakar by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, his predecessor in the see. He was made a Cardinal-Priest by Paul VI in the Consistory of 24 May 1976, receiving the titular church of Santa Maria del Popolo.

Until 1987, he was president of the Bishops’ Conference of Senegal-Mauritania, and an elected member of the Council of the World Synod of Bishops. He has been the President of CEPACS (the Pan-African Episcopal Commission for Social Communications). He also took part in Vatican Council II.

Has been a member of the Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops; President Delegate of the 4th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (1977); Relator of the 7th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (1987); and, General Relator of the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops (1994).

Cardinal Thiandoum died in 2004 at the age of 82.

References

External links

• (in English) His file in catholic-hierarchy
• (in French) Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de la Delivrande, Poponguine