Théodore-Adrien Sarr Cleric

Théodore-Adrien Sarr (born 28 November 1936) is a Senegalese cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently is Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, having previously served as Archbishop of Dakar from 2000 to 2014, and before that as Bishop of Kaolack from 1974 to 2000. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007 by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Pope Francis accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Dakar, in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the Latin-rite Code of Canon Law, on Monday, 22 December 2014, and appointed Bishop Benjamin Ndiaye, who until then had been serving as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaolack, in Kaolack, Senegal, as Archbishop-elect of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar. Cardinal Sarr had himself served as Bishop of Kaolack before coming to Dakar. Cardinal Sarr, 78, will retain his membership in the departments of the Roman Curia and will have the right to vote in a papal conclave until his 80th birthday in November of 2016. Archbishop-elect Ndiaye will be installed as Archbishop of Dakar at a date in the near future.