Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Les Cayes
Latin:	Dioecesis Caiesensis
Local:	Dyosèz nan Les Cayes
Country:	Haiti
Metropolitan:	Jérémie
Province:	Province of Port-au-Prince
Area Km2:	4,649
Population:	1,400,000
Population As Of:	2001
Catholics:	933,000
Catholics Percent:	66.6
Parishes:	43
Denomination:	Roman Catholic
Rite:	Latin Rite
Established:	3 October 1861 (years ago)
Cathedral:	Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral
Bishop Title:	Bishop

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes, erected 3 October 1861, is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.

History

The ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince (the archdiocese and the four suffragan dioceses of Cap Haïtien, Les Gonaïves, Les Cayes, and Port-de-Paix) dates from the reorganization following upon the Concordat of 1860 between Pope Pius IX and the Republic of Haiti.^[1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Jean-Marie-Alexandre Morice (1893–1914)
• Ignace-Marie Le Ruzic (1916–1919)
• Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon (1919–1941)
• François-Joseph Person (1941–1941)
• Jean Louis Collignan, O.M.I. (1942–1966)
• Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor (1966–1988)
• Jean Alix Verrier (1988–2009)
• Guire Poulard (2009–2011); named Archbishop of Port-au-Prince
• Chibly Langlois (since 2011); elevated to Cardinal in 2014

Coadjutor bishops

• François-Joseph Person (1937–1941)
• Jean Alix Verrier (1985–1988)

Auxiliary bishop

• Charles-Edouard Peters, S.M.M. (1966–1972), appointed Bishop of Jérémie

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Joseph Willy Romélus, appointed Bishop of Jérémie in 1977
• Joseph Gontrand Décoste (priest here, 1994–1998), appointed Bishop of Jérémie in 2009

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1972		Diocese of Jérémie

External links

• Web site: Diocese of Les Cayes. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2007-03-02.
• GCatholic.org page for Diocese of Les Cayes

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Notes and References

1. [Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Cayes]