Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap Haïtien

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Parishes 43 Rite Latin Rite Country Haiti		Denomination Roman Catholic Area 2,200 km² Archbishop Louis Kébreau

Ecclesiastical province Province of Cap-Haïtien Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)1,463,520778,110 (53.2%) Established 3 October 1861 (155 years ago)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien (Latin: Archidioecesis Capitis Haitiani), erected 3 October 1861 as the Diocese of Cap-Haïtien, is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Fort-Liberté, Hinche, Les Gonaïves and Port-de-Paix. It was elevated on 7 April 1988.

Ordinaries

Constant-Mathurin Hillion (1872–1886)

François-Marie Kersuzan (1886–1929)

Jean-Marie Jan (1929–1953)

Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. (1953–1974)

François Gayot, S.M.M. (1974–2003)

Hubert Constant, O.M.I. (2003–2008)

Louis Kébreau, S.D.B. (2008–Present)

References

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien Wikipedia

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