Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Les_Cayes

Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes

Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes

Roman Catholic diocese in Haiti

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes, erected 3 October 1861, is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.

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History

The ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince (the archdiocese and the four suffragan dioceses of Cap Haïtien, Les Gonaïves, Les Cayes, and Port-de-Paix) dates from the reorganization following upon the Concordat of 1860 between Pope Pius IX and the Republic of Haiti.[1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Jean-Marie-Alexandre Morice (1893–1914)
  • Ignace-Marie Le Ruzic (1916–1919)
  • Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon (1919–1941)
  • François-Joseph Person (1941–1941)
  • Jean Louis Collignan, O.M.I. (1942–1966)
  • Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor (1966–1988)
  • Jean Alix Verrier (1988–2009)
  • Guire Poulard (2009–2011); named Archbishop of Port-au-Prince
  • Chibly Langlois (since 2011); elevated to Cardinal in 2014

Coadjutor bishops

  • François-Joseph Person (1937–1941)
  • Jean Alix Verrier (1985–1988)

Auxiliary bishop

  • Charles-Edouard Peters, S.M.M. (1966–1972), appointed Bishop of Jérémie

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Joseph Willy Romélus, appointed Bishop of Jérémie in 1977
  • Joseph Gontrand Décoste (priest here, 1994–1998), appointed Bishop of Jérémie in 2009

Territorial losses

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References

  1. [1]
    Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Cayes
  • "Diocese of Les Cayes". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  • GCatholic.org page for Diocese of Les Cayes

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Cayes". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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