Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne

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Parishes 26 Rite Latin Rite Area 1,780 km²		Denomination Roman Catholic Pope Francis Country French Guiana

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)200,000150,000 (75%) Cathedral St Saviour's Cathedral, Cayenne Bishop Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre Metropolitan archbishop Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne (Latin: Dioecesis Caiennensis; French: Diocèse de Cayenne) (erected 1651, as the Prefecture Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France. It was elevated on to the Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne on 10 January 1933 and to the Diocese of Cayenne on 29 February 1956. The seat of the bishop is in Cayenne Cathedral.

Ordinaries

Giustino Fabre (1923–1924)

Leone Delaval, C.S.Sp. (1925–1932)

Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp. (1933–1944)

Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. (1945–1973)

François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. (1973–1998)

Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé (1998–2004)

Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont (2004 – )

See also:List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South America

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne Wikipedia

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