Chibly Langlois (; born 29 November 1958) is a

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

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of the

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. He is bishop of

Les Cayes Les Cayes ( , ), often referred to as Aux Cayes (; ht, Okay), is a commune and seaport in the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti, with a population of 71,236. Due to its isolation from the political turmoil of the capita ...

since 15 August 2011, and president of Haiti’s Bishops’ Conference.

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, on 22 February 2014, elevated Langlois to the

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. Langlois is the first Haitian cardinal. He is the only one among the new cardinals at the February 2014

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who was not an

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Biography

Langlois was born in 1958 in La Vallée in southeast Haiti to a poor family. Langlois entered the Grand Séminaire Notre-Dame of

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

in 1985, where he studied philosophy and theology. Years later, from 1994 to 1996, he studied at the

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and obtained a licentiate in pastoral theology. He was ordained as

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for the

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Jacmel Jacmel (; ht, Jakmèl) is a commune in southern Haiti founded by the Spanish in 1504 and repopulated by the French in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince across the Tiburon Peninsula ...

on 22 September 1991. On 8 April 2004 Langlois was appointed bishop of

Fort-Liberté Fort-Liberté ( ht, Fòlibète) is a commune and administrative capital of the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It is close to the border of the Dominican Republic and is one of the oldest cities in the country. Haiti's independence was proclaimed ...

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. On 15 August 2011 he was appointed bishop of Les Cayes by

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. When choosing to elevate Langlois to the College of Cardinals in 2014, Pope Francis bypassed many more senior Haitian bishops, including

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s Louis Kébreau and Guire Poulard. At the time, Poulard was Langlois's superior in the

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. On 22 February 2014, Pope Francis appointed Langlois

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of ''

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''. This

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church had never before been designated as the

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of a Catholic cardinal. Cardinal Langlois took possession of his titular church on 7 June 2014. On 22 May 2014, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Langlois a member of both the

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, and

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. Langlois was injured during the 2021 Haiti earthquake. He was at the bishop's residence when it partially collapsed during the quake. Langlois survived, but a priest and two employees were killed. On June 8, 2022, Langlois was injured in a serious car accident. , url=https://aleteia.org/2022/06/09/haitian-cardinal-survivor-of-2021-earthquake-injured-in-car-accident/

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