This square, named after a native archbishop in Dakara, is located on Gorée Island.
In the square is the Catholic Church and the hospital of the Order of Malta, in addition to other buildings.
It was inagurated in 7-11-2006 by Théodore-Adrien Sarr and Augustin Sengor.
The plaque says:
FR: "PLACE DU CARDINAL
HYACINTHE THIANDOUM
INAUGUREE LE 05-11-2006 PAR
MONSIGNEUR THEODORE ADRIEN SARR
ARCHEVEQUE DE DAKAR
Et de Me AUGUSTIN SENGHOR
MAIRE DE GOREE
ADJOINT AU MAIRE DE DAKAR"
EN:"CARDINAL SQUARE
HYACINTHE THIANDOUM
INAUGURATED ON 05-11-2006 BY
THEODORE ADRIEN SARR
ARCHBISHOP OF DAKAR
And Me AUGUSTIN SENGHOR
MAYOR OF GOREE
DEPUTY MAYOR OF DAKAR"
Hyacinthe Thiandoum
"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."
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AUGISTIN SENGHOR
"Augustin Senghor is a Senegalese politician. A member of the Rally of the Ecologists of Senegal, he became the mayor of Gorée in 2002, prominently featuring anti-erosion measures in his platform.
Senghor is also the president of the US Gorée football club. In 2009, he was elected as president of the Senegal Football Association. Senghor drew 174 votes, compared to 130 for runner-up El Hadji Malick Gackou, and 26 for third candidate Oumar Diop."
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Théodore-Adrien Sarr
"Théodore-Adrien Sarr (born 28 November 1936) is a Senegalese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He 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 Benedict XVI."
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