Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne (erected 1651, as the Prefecture Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France. It was elevated on to the Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne on 10 January 1933 and to the Diocese of Cayenne on 29 February 1956.

Ordinaries

• Giustino Fabre (1923 - 1924)
• Leone Delaval, C.S.Sp. (1925 - 1932)
• Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp. (1933 - 1944)
• Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. (1945 - 1973)
• François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. (1973 - 1998)
• Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé (1998 - 2004)
• Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont (2004 - )

See also:List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South America

External links and references

• Eglise Catholique De Guyane, Diocese De Cayenne official site
• "Diocese of Cayenne". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcaye.html. Retrieved 2007-02-24. 

Coordinates: 4°56′24″N 52°19′53″W / 4.94°N 52.33139°W / 4.94; -52.33139

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