Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince
| Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Haiti |
| Diocesan bishop | Max Leroy Mésidor |
| Auxiliary bishop | Sylvain Ducange SDS |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Joseph Lafontant |
| founding | October 3, 1861 |
| surface | 4,983 km² |
| Parishes | 117 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 4,329,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 3,117,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 72% |
| Diocesan priest | 144 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 140 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,975 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 522 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,377 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de L'Assomption |
| Website | http://archidiocesedepaup.org/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne Diocese of Jacmel Diocese of Jérémie Diocese of Les Cayes |
Development of membership numbers
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au- Prince ( Latin Archidioecesis Portus Principis ) is in Haiti located Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Port-au-Prince .
history
The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince was on October 3, 1861 by Pope Pius IX. built from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo . On February 25, 1988, the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Jacmel .
On January 12, 2010, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince was destroyed by an earthquake . The Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Joseph Serge Miot , died in the earthquake.
Archbishops of Port-au-Prince
- Martial Testard du Cosquer , 1863-1869
- Alexis Guilloux , 1870-1885
- Constant-Mathurin Hillion , 1886–1890
- Giulio Tonti , 1894–1902, then Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil
- Julien Conan , 1903-1930
- Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze , 1930–1955
- François Poirier , 1955–1966
- François-Wolff Ligondé , 1966–2008
- Joseph Serge Miot , 2008-2010
- Guire Poulard , 2011-2017
- Max Leroy Mésidor , since 2017
See also
Web links
Commons : Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (French)