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

• Diocèse de Guadeloupe official site (French)
• "Diocese of Basse-Terre". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbass.html. Retrieved 2007-02-24. 

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

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