Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France
| Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France | |
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| Country | France |
| Diocesan bishop | David Macaire OP |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Michel Méranville |
| Vicar General | Jean de Coulanges |
| founding | 1850 |
| surface | 1,080 km² |
| Parishes | 47 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 394,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 323,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 82% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,460 |
| Permanent deacons | 12 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 32 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 146 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Fort-de-France |
| Website | martinique.cef.fr |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre Diocese of Cayenne |
The Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France ( Latin Archidioecesis Arcis Gallicae et S. Petri o Martinicensis ) is an archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church located in Martinique , France . The metropolitan seat is Fort-de-France , with around 90,000 inhabitants also one of the largest cities in the Lesser Antilles .
history
In 1850 the diocese was named the Diocese of Martinique by Pope Pius IX. founded and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bordeaux as a suffragan; the first bishop was Etienne Jean François Le Herpeur . In 1967 the diocese was established by Pope Paul VI. raised to the Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France. The first archbishop was Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière CSSp.
As a suffragan assigned to the Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France is the Diocese of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre and the Diocese Cayenne .
Ordinaries
- Etienne Jean François Le Herpeur (1850-1858)
- Louis-Martin Porchez (1858–1860)
- Amand-Joseph Fava (1871–1875), then Bishop of Grenoble
- Julien-François-Pierre Carmené (1875-1897)
- Étienne-Joseph-Frédéric Tanoux (1898–1899)
- Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont (1899–1911), then Bishop of Aire et Dax
- Joseph Félix François Malleret CSSp (1912–1914)
- Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien (1915–1941)
- Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière CSSp (1941–1972)
- Maurice Marie-Sainte (1972-2004)
- Michel Méranville (2003-2015)
- David Macaire OP (since 2015)
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