Diocese of Hinche
Diocese of Hinche | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Haiti |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien |
Diocesan bishop | Désinord Jean |
founding | 1972 |
surface | 3,000 km² |
Parishes | 41 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Residents | 595,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics | 396,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
proportion of | 66.6% |
Diocesan priest | 63 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 5,910 |
Friars | 25 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 76 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Immaculée Conception |
The Bistum Hinche ( lat. : Dioecesis Hinchensis ) is in Haiti preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Hinche .
history
The Diocese of Hinche was established on April 20, 1972 by Pope Paul VI. from cession of territory by the dioceses of Les Gonaïves and Cap-Haïtien , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan . On January 31, 1991 it lost part of the territory to the diocese of Fort-Liberté .
Bishops of Hinche
- Jean-Baptiste Décoste (April 20, 1972 - May 20, 1980, died)
- Léonard Pétion Laroche (May 22, 1982 - June 30, 1998, retired)
- Louis Kébreau SDB (June 30, 1998 - March 1, 2008, then Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien )
- Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien CSC , August 6, 2009 - July 22, 2015
- Désinord Jean , since April 4, 2016