Diocese of Port-de-Paix
| Diocese of Port-de-Paix | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Haiti |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien |
| Diocesan bishop | Charles Peters Barthélus (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
François Colímon SMM Pierre-Antoine Paulo OMI |
| founding | October 3, 1861 |
| surface | 4,500 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 675,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 405,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 60% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,000 |
| Friars | 20 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Immaculée Conception |
| address | Rue de l'Hopital, Port-de-Paix, Haiti, WI |
The diocese of Port-de-Paix ( lat. : Dioecesis Portus Pacis ) is an in Haiti located Roman Catholic diocese based in Port-de-Paix .
history
The diocese Port-de-Paix was on October 3, 1861 by Pope Pius IX. built from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince as a suffragan . The diocese of Port-de-Paix was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien on April 7, 1988 as a suffragan.
Bishops of Port-de-Paix
- Paul-Marie Le Bihain SMM (October 9, 1928 - May 21, 1935)
- Albert-Marie Guiot SMM (January 14, 1936 - October 5, 1975)
- Rémy Augustin SMM (September 18, 1978 - February 22, 1982)
- François Colímon SMM (February 22, 1982 - March 1, 2008)
- Pierre-Antoine Paulo OMI (March 1, 2008 - April 14, 2020)
- Charles Peters Barthélus (since April 14, 2020)