Bishop Joseph Francis Badji

Coadjutor Bishop of Kolda, Senegal

Motto: Humilitas Fiduciaque

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1966		Born
28 Dec 1994	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ziguinchor, Senegal
10 Jan 2026	60.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kolda, Senegal
11 Apr 2026	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Kolda, Senegal

MicroData Summary
Joseph Francis Badji
Bishop Joseph Francis Badji
(born 1 Jan 1966)
Coadjutor Bishop of Kolda

Event Place
Birth Place Ziguinchor, Diocese of Ziguinchor
Ordained Priest Oussouye
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Collège Saint-Benoït, Kolda, Diocese of Kolda

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kolda.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Maixent Coly †
Coadjutor Bishop of Ziguinchor
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop André Guèye
Archbishop of Dakar
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène
Bishop of Kolda
Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag
Titular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop André Guèye (2013)
Archbishop of Dakar
Théodore-Adrien Cardinal Sarr (1974)
Archbishop of Dakar
Archbishop Hyacinthe Thiandoum † (1962)
Archbishop of Dakar
Archbishop Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (1958)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Pierre-Marie Paul Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (1898)
Bishop of Le Mans
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q137753082

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Jan 2026
c1: CB, 10 Jan 2026
ob: CB, 12 Jan 2026
c2+: CB, 9 Apr 2026

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