Louis Kébreau

Louis Kébreau

Louis Kébreau SDB (born November 8, 1938 in Jérémie ) is a Haitian religious and emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien .

Life

After studying agriculture , Louis Kébreau joined the Order of the Salesians of Don Bosco . After the novitiate , he took his religious vows on August 16, 1963 . He completed his philosophical and theological studies in Puerto Rico and Canada with a master's in pastoral theology at the University of Saint Paul in Ottawa . Perpetual vows followed on August 14, 1969. He was ordained a priest on May 11, 1974 .

From 1974 to 1977 he worked at the Minor Seminary of the Salesians in Pétionville and from 1977 to 1981 was director of the Salesian Community of San Giovanni Bosco there . From 1981 to 1986 he was a provincial delegate for Haiti on behalf of the Salesian Province for the Antilles .

November 25, 1986 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To auxiliary bishop in Port-au-Prince and titular bishop of Selendeta . The episcopal ordination donated him and Joseph Lafontant, who was also appointed auxiliary bishop, on January 25, 1987, by the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops , Bernardin Gantin . Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, François-Wolff Ligondé , and the Bishop of Hinche , Léonard Pétion Laroche .

From 1989 to 1993 he was chairman of the commission for youth pastoral care of the Bishops' Conference for Latin America ( CELAM ). In 1992 he was a delegate of the Haitian Bishops' Conference at the Pontifical Foundation "Populorum Progessio". In 1997 he was also rector of the Theological Seminary Notre Dame d'Haiti . On June 30, 1998, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Hinche.

After his former confrere Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown as President of the Republic in 2004 and went into exile, there were fears of attacks by armed Aristide supporters, including on Bishop Kébreau, who as a result could only travel with armed bodyguards. From 1983 to 1986, Louis Kébreau was the provincial delegate of the Salesians of Don Bosco Aristides. When he reminded him of his duties as a superior, he was kidnapped for several days by Aristide's followers.

In 2004 he was elected chairman of the Haitian Bishops' Conference.

When President René Garcia Préval was sworn in in 2006, he urged the members of both chambers to do everything possible to finally end the ordeal of the Haitian people.

Pope Benedict XVI finally appointed him on March 1, 2008 Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien . Until the appointment of a successor to Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien CSC on August 6, 2009, he temporarily headed the Hinche diocese.

On November 29, 2009 he took part in the opening of the Adveniat Christmas campaign in Bamberg and called for an international "solidarity at eye level" for "a development that looks at the whole person and goes beyond the material"

On November 22, 2014, Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) e Nomina dell Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 1, 2008, accessed November 22, 2014 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Report on presseportal.de ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Rinuncia e successione dell'Arcivescovo di Cap-Haïtien (Haiti). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 22, 2014, accessed November 22, 2014 (Italian). 

Web links

• Entry on Louis Kébreau on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Curriculum vitae on vatican.va in the course of the appointment as Archbishop (Italian)

predecessor	Office	successor
Léonard Pétion Laroch	Bishop of Hinche 1998-2008	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien CSC
Hubert Constant OMI	Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien 2008-2014	Max Leroy Mésidor