Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince explained
The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (erected 3 October 1861) is a metropolitan archdiocese, responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Jacmel, Jérémie, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes.
The archdiocese was a vacant see following the death of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, who was one of the many casualties of the 12 January 2010 earthquake when the Archdiocesan Chancery building collapsed.[1] [2] The archdiocese's chancellor was also reportedly killed.
On the one-year anniversary of the disaster, Pope Benedict XVI named Guire Poulard - who had been the Bishop of Les Cayes - as the new Archbishop of Port-au-Prince. At the same time he named Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint as the auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese.[3]
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Martial-Guillaume-Marie Testard du Cosquer (7 September 1863 - 27 July 1869)
- Alexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux (27 June 1870 - 24 October 1885)
- Constant-Mathurin Hillion (10 June 1886 - 21 February 1890)
- Cardinal Giulio Tonti (1 October 1894 - 23 August 1902), appointed titular Archbishop
- Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan (16 September 1903 - 5 December 1930)
- Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze (5 December 1930 - 24 June 1955)
- François-Marie-Joseph Poirier (3 July 1955 - 18 August 1966)
- François-Wolff Ligondé (20 August 1966 - 1 March 2008)
- Joseph Serge Miot (1 March 2008 - 12 January 2010)
- Guire Poulard (12 January 2011 – 7 October 2017)
- Max Leroy Mésidor (7 October 2017 – present)
Coadjutor bishop
Auxiliary bishops
- Léon Jules Marie Bélouino (1880-1882)
- François-Marie Kersuzan (1883-1886), appointed Bishop of Cap-Haitien
- Pierre-Marie Gentet (1895-1896)
- Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. (1953-1966), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix
- Jean-Baptiste Décoste (1966-1972), appointed Bishop of Hinche
- Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B. (1986-1998), appointed Bishop of Hinche
- Joseph Lafontant (1986-2018)
- Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. (2002-2009), appointed Bishop of Hinche
- Pierre-André Dumas (2002-2008), appointed Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne
- Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. (2012-2014), appointed Bishop of Fort-Liberté
- Sylvain Ducange, S.D.B. (2016–2021), died
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
Other bishops
Former auxiliary bishops
- Léon Bélouino (20 August 1880 – 18 January 1882)
- Sylvain Ducange, SDB (4 June 2016 - 18 June 2021)
- François-Marie Kersuzan (9 August 1883 – 13 August 1886)
- Pierre-Marie Gentet (10 December 1895 – 6 March 1896)
- Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon (Coadjutor: 13 January 1905 – 18 December 1919)
- Rémy Augustin, SMM (8 April 1953 – 20 August 1966)
- Jean-Baptiste Décoste (20 August 1966 – 20 April 1972)
- Louis Nerval Kébreau, SDB (25 November 1986 – 30 June 1998)
- Joseph Lafontant (25 November 1986 – 27 July 2013)
- Pierre-André Dumas (10 December 2002 – 13 July 2008)
- Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, CSC (10 December 2002 – 6 August 2009)
- Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (12 January 2011 – 8 December 2018)
- Quesnel Alphonse, SMM (10 November 2012 – 25 October 2014)
Bishops who were priests of the archdiocese
- Launay Saturné (priest: 10 March 1991 – 28 April 2010; appointed Bishop of Jacmel)
- Jean Désinord (priest: 13 November 1994 – 4 April 2016; appointed Bishop of Hinche)
See also
External links and references
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Notes and References
- Web site: Breaking News: Devastating 7.0 Earthquake Hammers Island Nation of Haiti . Deacon Keith Fournier . 13 January 2010 . Catholic Online . 13 January 2010.
- News: Haiti Archbishop Killed in Quake as Churches, Cathedral Reduced to Rubble. 13 January 2010. 13 January 2010. Fox News. https://web.archive.org/web/20100116170127/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582942,00.html. 2010-01-16. live.
- Web site: Holdren . Alan . On earthquake anniversary, Pope appoints archbishop, sends $1.2 million to Haiti . Catholic News Agency . 2011-01-17.
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