Roman Catholic Church in Haiti

The Roman Catholic Church in Haiti is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church .

organization

80% of Haitians are Catholics. The largest diocese , Port-au-Prince , has 2,851,000 Catholics. It is followed by the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien with 794,000 and the Diocese of Les Gonaïves with 791,558 Catholics. The Roman Catholic Church in Haiti is divided into two archbishoprics and eight associated suffragan dioceses .

The chairman of the Haitian Bishops' Conference (CEH) is Archbishop Louis Kébreau SDB . The apostolic nuncio in Haiti has been Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugen since 2015 .

Pope John Paul II visited Haiti in 1983.

2010 Haiti earthquake

In the severe earthquake in Haiti in 2010 , according to the Nuncio Bernardito Cleopas Auza on February 14, 2010, in addition to the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Joseph Serge Miot , seven diocesan priests, 31 seminarians and at least 31 religious men and women were killed. Furthermore, 60 and thus the majority of the parish churches and community facilities in the capital were destroyed.

Dioceses in Haiti

• Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien : Diocese of Fort-Liberté , Diocese of Hinche , Diocese of Les Gonaïves , Diocese of Port-de-Paix
• Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince : Diocese of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne , Diocese of Jacmel , Diocese of Jérémie , Diocese of Les Cayes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIA World Factbook: Haiti (English) data from November 2009
2. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 581.
3. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 151.
4. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 406.
5. ↑ "In Haiti, the two coming months will be particularly tough, according to the Nuncio Bernardito Cleopas Auza." , Vatican Radio , viewed on February 15, 2010

Web links

• Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)