Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes

Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes

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, Gonaives, 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]

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)

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1972 Diocese of Jérémie

External links and references

  1. ^ http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Cayes

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



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