Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre

Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre (Latin: Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese comprises the entirety of the former French dependency of Guadeloupe. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, and is a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

Erected in 1850 from the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, as the Diocese of Guadeloupe and Basse-Terre, the diocese was renamed in 1951 to the Diocese of Basse-Terre.

Ordinaries

  • Pierre-Marie-Gervais Lacarrière (1850–1853)
  • Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. (1853–1860)
  • Antoine Boutonnet (1862–1868)
  • Joseph-Clair Reyne (1869–1872)
  • François-Benjamin-Joseph Blanger (1873–1883)
  • Fédéric-Henri Oury (1884–1886)
  • Pierre-Marie Avon (1899–1901)
  • Emmanuel-François Canappe (1901–1907)
  • Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp. (1912–1945)
  • Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. (1945–1968)
  • Siméon Oualli (1970–1984)
  • Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo (1984 - )

References

Coordinates: 15°59′54″N 61°43′23″W / 15.9982°N 61.723°W / 15.9982; -61.723