Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, Dakar

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The Our Lady of Victories Cathedral[http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/africa/3500.htm Cathedral of Our Lady of Victories in Dakar] ({{langx|fr|Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires}}){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o18EAAAAMBAJ|title=Black Enterprise|last=Ltd|first=Earl G. Graves|date=1986-04-01|publisher=Earl G. Graves, Ltd.|language=en}} or Cathedral of Dakar, is a religious building that serves as the Catholic cathedral in the city of Dakar,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7FkAAAAMAAJ|title=Global Television: How to Create Effective Television for the Future|last=Verna|first=Tony|date=1993-01-01|publisher=Focal Press|isbn=9780240801346|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WEThoASwV9EC|title=Mgr Haycinthe Thiandoum: A force de foi|last=Seye|first=Cherif Elvalid|date=2007-03-01|publisher=Editions L'Harmattan|isbn=9782296166790|language=fr}} the capital of the African country of Senegal, which is the seat of the Archdiocese of Dakar (Latin: Archidioecesis Dakarensis).

The sanctuary was built on the site of an ancient Lebu cemetery, whose land was granted by the government to the church. The construction began in 1924 and the cathedral was consecrated 12 years later, on 2 February 1936, by Cardinal Jean Verdier, archbishop of Paris.{{cite book |last=Grach |first=Antoine |date=2006 |title=Le Bienheureux Père Daniel Brottier 1876-1936. Du Sénégal à l'Oeuvre d'Auteuil |publisher=KARTHALA Editions |isbn=9782811140885 |page=188 }} In 1964, initial the inscription above the entrance was changed into the current one. In 2001 in the church the funeral of former President Leopold Senghor was performed.

Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum, who died in 2004, is buried in the back of the altar, next to the statue of Our Lady of Victories, patron of the cathedral.