Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Mali

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We ask our readers to kindly help us (with sources) to find out from what jurisdiction the Apostolic Prefecture of of Sahara and Sudan was established in 1868.

Claes.Tande@katolsk.no

Regarding Gao, and Sikasso:
1921: Ouagadougou (AV, new name, previously Sahara of French Sudan AV) - Burkina Faso
1927: Bobo-Dioulasso (AP, detached from Bamako, and from Ouagadougou) - Burkina Faso
1937: Bobo-Dioulasso (AV) - Burkina Faso
1868: Sahara and Sudan (AP) - various parts of French North and West Africa
1891: Sahara and Sudan (AV) - various parts of French North and West Africa
1901: Sahara of French Sudan (AV, detached from Sahara and Sudan AV) - Burkina Faso and Mali
1921: Bamako (AV, detached from Sahara of French Sudan AV) - Mali
1942: Gao (AP, detached from Bamako AV, from Ouagadougou AV, and from Bobo-Dioulasso AV) - Mali
1947: Kayes (AP, detached from Bamako) - Mali
1947: Sikasso (AP, detached from Bobo-Dioulasso) - Mali
1955: Bamako (Metr.) - Mali
1962: San (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Nouna) - Mali
1962: Ségou (detached from Bamako) - Mali
1963: Kayes - Mali
1963: Sikasso - Mali
1964: Mopti (D, and new name, previously Gao AP) - Mali
1964: San - Mali