Diocese of Jérémie
| Diocese of Jérémie | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Haiti |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Gontrand Décoste SJ |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Willy Romélus |
| founding | 1972 |
| surface | 2,146 km² |
| Parishes | 39 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 637,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 435,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 68.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 71 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,800 |
| Friars | 13 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 57 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale St. Louis Roi de France |
| address | Eveche, 38 Brouette, Jérémie, Haiti |
The Bistum Jérémie ( lat. : Dioecesis Ieremiopolitanus ) is in Haiti preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Jérémie .
history
The Diocese of Jérémie was on April 20, 1972 by Pope Paul VI. Founded from cession of the diocese of Les Cayes and subordinated it to the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince as a suffragan .
Bishops of Jérémie
- Charles-Edouard Peters SMM (April 20, 1972 to July 4, 1975, died)
- Joseph Willy Romélus (April 26, 1977 to August 6, 2009, retired)
- Joseph Gontrand Décoste SJ (since August 6, 2009)