Diocese of Les Cayes
| Diocese of Les Cayes | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Haiti |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince |
| Diocesan bishop | Chibly Cardinal Langlois |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jean Alix Verrier |
| founding | 1893 |
| surface | 2,817 km² |
| Parishes | 56 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 887,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 588,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 66.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 83 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 39 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,820 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 62 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 97 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption |
| address | BP 43, Rue Toussaint-Louverture, Les Cayes, Haiti |
The Bistum Les Cayes ( lat. : Dioecesis Caiesensis ) is in Haiti preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Les Cayes .
history
The diocese of Les Cayes was on October 3, 1861 by Pope Pius IX. Founded from assignments of territory by the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince as a suffragan . On April 20, 1972 it lost part of the territory to the Diocese of Jérémie and on July 13, 2008 to the Diocese of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne .
Bishops of Les Cayes
- Jean-Marie-Alexandre Morice (May 4, 1893 - June 22, 1914)
- Ignace-Marie Le Ruzic (January 12, 1916 - July 1, 1919)
- Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon (April 24, 1919 - September 1, 1941)
- François-Joseph Person (September 9, 1941 - September 24, 1941)
- Jean Louis Collignan OMI (September 30, 1942 - July 27, 1966)
- Jean-Jacques Claudius Angenor (August 20, 1966 - April 9, 1988)
- Jean Alix Verrier (April 9, 1988 - March 9, 2009)
- Guire Poulard (March 9, 2009 - January 12, 2011, then Archbishop of Port-au-Prince )
- Chibly Cardinal Langlois (since August 15, 2011)