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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

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Province of Cap-Haïtien

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 1,463,520 778,110 (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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