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Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince

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Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince
Archidioecesis Portus Principis
Archidiocèse de Port-au-Prince
Achidyosèz Pòtoprens
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Port-au-Prince, which was dedicated on 13 December 1928, was destroyed during the 12 January 2010 earthquake
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Port-au-Prince, which was dedicated on 13 December 1928, was destroyed during the 12 January 2010 earthquake
Location
Country Haiti
Ecclesiastical province Province of Port-au-Prince
Metropolitan Port-au-Prince, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest
Statistics
Area 5,500 km2 (2,100 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		(as of 2013)
4,244,000
3,056,000 (72%)
Parishes 89
Information
Denomination Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established October 3, 1861
Cathedral The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor
Bishops emeritus Joseph Lafontant
Website
www.archidiocesedepaup.org

The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (Latin: Archidioecesis Portus Principis; French: Archidiocèse de Port-au-Prince; Haitian Creole: Achidyosèz Pòtoprens) is a metropolitan archdiocese, responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Jacmel, Jérémie, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes. There are approximately 668,700 Catholics in the archdiocese and the clergy have been primarily French since its inception in 1861.

The archdiocese was a vacant see following the death of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, who was one of the many casualties of the 12 January 2010 earthquake when the Archdiocesan Chancery building collapsed.[1][2] The archdiocese's chancellor was also reportedly killed.

On the one-year anniversary of the disaster, Pope Benedict XVI named Guire Poulard - who had been the Bishop of Les Cayes - as the new Archbishop of Port-au-Prince. At the same time he named Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint as the auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese.[3]

Bishops

Ordinaries

  1. Martial-Guillaume-Marie Testard du Cosquer (7 September 1863 – 27 July 1869)
  2. Alexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux (27 June 1870 – 24 October 1885)
  3. Constant-Mathurin Hillion (10 June 1886 – 21 February 1890)
  4. Cardinal Giulio Tonti (1 October 1894 – 23 August 1902), appointed titular Archbishop
  5. Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan (16 September 1903 – 5 December 1930)
  6. Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze (5 December 1930 – 24 June 1955)
  7. François-Marie-Joseph Poirier (3 July 1955 – 18 August 1966)
  8. François-Wolff Ligondé (20 August 1966 – 1 March 2008)
  9. Joseph Serge Miot (1 March 2008 – 12 January 2010)
  10. Guire Poulard (12 January 2011 – 7 October 2017)
  11. Max Leroy Mésidor (7 October 2017 – present)

Coadjutor bishop

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Other bishops

Former auxiliary bishops

Bishops who were priests of the archdiocese

See also

18°32′57″N 72°20′21″W / 18.5492°N 72.3391°W

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.[4]

From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia

Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince — (PORTUS PRINCIPIS)

This archdiocese comprises the western part of the Republic of Haiti. Its population numbers about 668,700, mostly Catholics, the greater part of whom have but a slight knowledge of their religion, and are scattered over a surface of about 3080 sq. miles. The archdiocese was created by the Bull of 3 June, 1861, and has ever since had a clergy almost exclusively French. In the eighteenth century the territory of the present archdiocese was served by the Dominicans, and after the French Revolution was left in the hands of unworthy clergy, who were driven out after the Concordat of 1860. The archdiocese has had five archbishops: Mgrs, Testard du Cosquer (1863-69); Guilloux (1870-85); Hillion (1886-90); Tonti (1894-1902); Conan (1903). In January, 1906, Most Rev. Julian Conan held the first provincial council of Haiti whose acts were approved by the Congregation of the Council, 3 August, 1907. Fourteen diocesan synods have also been held and their acts and statutes have regularly been published. The seminary for senior students is in France (St. Jacques, Finistère), and there is a seminary-college at Port-au-Prince directed by the Fathers of the Holy Ghost with 500 pupils. About an equal number of boys receive their instruction at the Institution St. Louis de Gonzague, kept by the Brothers of Christian Instruction. There are two secondary establishments for girls: Ste Rose de Lima directed by the Sisters of St. Joseph de Cluny, and Notre Dame du Sacré-Cœur, directed by the Filles de la Sagesse. The province has a monthly religious bulletin published at Port-au-Prince. Archbishop Guilloux has left a valuable work for the history of the archdiocese and of the province, "Le Concordat d'Haiti, ses résultats", a pamphlet of twenty-eight pages relating to the origin of the different diocesan works. The metropolitan church has honorary canons, not constituting a chapter, and named by the archbishop. The archdiocese (1911) has 24 parishes, 140 rural chapels; priests, 55 secular, 42 regular; 67 Brothers of Instruction; 192 sisters.

References

  1. Back to citation Deacon Keith Fournier (13 January 2010). "Breaking News: Devastating 7.0 Earthquake Hammers Beleagured [sic] Island Nation of Haiti". Catholic Online. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. Back to citation "Haiti Archbishop Killed in Quake as Churches, Cathedral Reduced to Rubble". Fox News. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  3. Back to citation Holdren, Alan. "On earthquake anniversary, Pope appoints archbishop, sends $1.2 million to Haiti". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
  4. Back to citation Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, official website
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