Raman scattering measurements have been performed in cadmium digallium sulphide (CdGa ₂ S ₄ ) with defect chalcopyrite structure up to 25 GPa in order to study its pressure-induced phase transitions. These measurements have been complemented and compared with lattice-dynamics ab initio calculations including the TO-LO splitting at high pressures in order to provide a better assignment of experimental Raman modes. In addition, experimental and theoretical Grüneisen parameters have been reported in order to calculate the molar heat capacity and thermal expansion coefficient of CdGa ₂ S ₄ . Our measurements provide evidence that CdGa ₂ S ₄ undergoes an irreversible phase transition above 15 GPa to a Raman-inactive phase, likely with a disordered rock salt structure. Moreover, the Raman spectrum observed on downstroke from 25 GPa to 2 GPa has been attributed to a new phase, tentatively identified as a disordered zinc blende structure, that undergoes a reversible phase transition to the Raman-inactive phase above 10 GPa.