Diocese of Basse-Terre
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Fort-de-France |
| Diocesan bishop | Jean-Yves Riocreux |
| founding | 1850 |
| surface | 1,780 km² |
| Parishes | 36 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 410,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 317,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 77.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 23 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,953 |
| Permanent deacons | 13 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 23 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 165 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Notre-Dame-de-Guadeloupe |
| address | Maison Diocesaine, BP 369, Place Saint-François, 97100 Basse-Terre CEDEX, Guadeloupe, Antilles Françaises |
| Website | www.catholique-guadeloupe.info |
The diocese of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre ( Latin : Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Basse-Terre on Basse-Terre , an island in the Lesser Antilles within the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean , in the overseas department of France Guadeloupe . It includes Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy .
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history
Pope Pius IX founded the diocese of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre on September 27, 1850 from cessions of territory from the diocese of Martinique and subordinated it to the archbishopric of Bordeaux as a suffragan diocese . On July 19, 1951, the diocese got its current name. On September 26, 1967, it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France as a suffragan .
Bishops
Bishops of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre
- Pierre-Marie Gervais-Lacarrière (June 22, 1850 to April 6, 1853, resigned)
- Théodore-Augustin Forcade MEP (April 6, 1853 to December 11, 1860, then Bishop of Nevers )
- Antoine Boutonnet (March 10, 1862 to November 13, 1868, died)
- Joseph-Clair Reyne (December 27, 1869 to November 14, 1872, died)
- François-Joseph Benjamin-Blanger (March 21, 1873 to July 3, 1883, then Bishop of Limoges )
- Frédéric-Henri Oury (December 31, 1884 to March 2, 1886, then Bishop of Fréjus )
- Pierre-Marie Avon (February 4, 1899 to February 23, 1901, died)
- Emmanuel-François Canappe (April 5, 1901 to September 19, 1907, died)
- Pierre-Louis Genoud CSSp (May 31, 1912 to May 17, 1945, retired)
- Jean Gay CSSp (May 17, 1945 - July 19, 1951)
Bishops of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre
- Jean Gay CSSp (July 19, 1951 to January 29, 1968, resigned)
- Siméon Oualli (June 29, 1970 to July 2, 1984, resigned)
- Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo (July 2, 1984 to May 15, 2008, retired)
- Jean-Yves Riocreux (since 2012)
Web links
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