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Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Liberté

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Country
  
Haiti

Parishes
  
25

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Metropolitan
  
Fort-Liberté

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
1,200 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 460,000 331,200 (72%)

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien, Fort-Liberté

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté (Latin: Dioecesis Castelli Libertatis), erected 31 January 1991, is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien. On 25 October 2014, Pope Francis appointed Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. as bishop of Fort-Liberté.

Ordinaries

  • Hubert Constant, O.M.I. (1991 - 2003)
  • Chibly Langlois (2004 - 2011)
  • Max Leroy Mésidor (2012-2013); named coadjutor archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien by Pope Francis on November 1, 2013

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté Wikipedia
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