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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince

Roman Catholic metropolitan archdiocese in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (erected 3 October 1861) is a metropolitan archdiocese, responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Jacmel, Jérémie, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes.

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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

Mgr. Guilloux, 2nd Archbishop
  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

  • Léon Jules Marie Bélouino (1880-1882)
  • François-Marie Kersuzan (1883-1886), appointed Bishop of Cap-Haitien
  • Pierre-Marie Gentet (1895-1896)
  • Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. (1953-1966), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix
  • Jean-Baptiste Décoste (1966-1972), appointed Bishop of Hinche
  • Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B. (1986-1998), appointed Bishop of Hinche
  • Joseph Lafontant (1986-2018)
  • Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. (2002-2009), appointed Bishop of Hinche
  • Pierre-André Dumas (2002-2008), appointed Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne
  • Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. (2012-2014), appointed Bishop of Fort-Liberté
  • Sylvain Ducange, S.D.B. (2016–2021), died

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Other bishops

Auxiliary bishops

Former auxiliary bishops

  • Léon Bélouino (20 August 1880 – 18 January 1882)
  • Sylvain Ducange, SDB (4 June 2016 - 18 June 2021)
  • François-Marie Kersuzan (9 August 1883 – 13 August 1886)
  • Pierre-Marie Gentet (10 December 1895 – 6 March 1896)
  • Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon (Coadjutor: 13 January 1905 – 18 December 1919)
  • Rémy Augustin, SMM (8 April 1953 – 20 August 1966)
  • Jean-Baptiste Décoste (20 August 1966 – 20 April 1972)
  • Louis Nerval Kébreau, SDB (25 November 1986 – 30 June 1998)
  • Joseph Lafontant (25 November 1986 – 27 July 2013)
  • Pierre-André Dumas (10 December 2002 – 13 July 2008)
  • Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, CSC (10 December 2002 – 6 August 2009)
  • Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (12 January 2011 – 8 December 2018)
  • Quesnel Alphonse, SMM (10 November 2012 – 25 October 2014)

Bishops who were priests of the archdiocese

  • Launay Saturné (priest: 10 March 1991 – 28 April 2010; appointed Bishop of Jacmel)
  • Jean Désinord (priest: 13 November 1994 – 4 April 2016; appointed Bishop of Hinche)

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    "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. [3]
    Holdren, Alan. "On earthquake anniversary, Pope appoints archbishop, sends $1.2 million to Haiti". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2011-01-17.

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