Cayenne diocese
| Cayenne diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | France |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France |
| Diocesan bishop | Emmanuel Lafont |
| Vicar General | Elie Lagrille |
| founding | September 27, 1850 |
| surface | 83.534 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 300,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 200,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 66.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 7 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 24 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,452 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 29 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur |
| address | Evêché B.P. 378 24 rue Madame Payé 97328 Cayenne CEDEX Guyane Française |
| Website | www.guyane.catholique.fr |
The diocese of Cayenne ( lat . : Dioecesis Caiennensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in the French overseas department of French Guiana , with its seat in Cayenne .
history
1651 was the Apostolic Prefecture of French Guiana-Cayenne by Pope Innocent X built. The Jesuits and Capuchins had carried out pastoral care and missions since 1643, but left the colony again in 1763. The work of Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey , founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny , who built a settlement in 1828 at the instigation of the French government, was important. The Spiritans also worked in the colony from 1816.
On January 10, 1933, the Apostolic Prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate . On February 29, 1956, the Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana Cayenne was raised to the diocese. The diocese is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of French Guiana Cayenne
- Giustino Fabre , 1923-1924
- Leone Delaval CSSp , 1925-1932
Vicars Apostolic of French Guiana Cayenne
- Pierre-Marie Gourtay CSSp, 1933–1944
- Alfred Marie CSSp, 1945–1956
Bishops of Cayenne
- Alfred Marie CSSp, 1956–1973
- François-Marie Morvan CSSp, 1973–1998
- Louis Sankalé , 1998–2004, then Coadjutor Bishop of Nice
- Emmanuel Lafont , since 2004
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ HG Steinberg: Art. Guayana, 2nd Mission in Guayana. In: The religion in past and present, 3rd edition. Volume 2, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 1958, Sp. 1901-1902.