David Thomas Daniel Macaire OP (born 20 October 1969) is a

Martiniquan Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...

Catholic prelate who has served as the Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre since 2015.

Personal life

Macaire was born in

Nanterre Nanterre (, ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, bordering t ...

to Jean-David (Marceau) Macaire and Jenny Macaire, née Léger. His father Jean-David worked as a recipient for P&T, while his mother Jenny works as a school health nurse and as a marriage and family counselor. His parents were devout Catholics and emigrants from Martinique. From a young age Macaire and his family would read and discuss the bible every evening. When he was four months old his family moved back to Martinique. He attended primary school at the Dominican College of Our Lady of Deliverance at Le Morne-Rouge, Martinique, from 1972-1984, and secondary school at the Schœlcher High School in

Fort-de-France, Martinique Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the Caribbean. Hist ...

, from 1984-1987. He then studied at the National School of Equipment Technicians in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, and then worked as a technical assistant of public works for the state in both mainland France and Martinique from 1988 to 1994. At the age of 25 he left his job to join religious life, feeling called to the Dominican order after going on a religious retreat. On 17 September 1995 Macaire joined the

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

. He took his final perpetual vows in 1998. On 23 June 2001 he was ordained a priest of order of friars preachers by

Jean-Louis Bruguès Jean-Louis Bruguès, OP (born 22 November 1943) is a French archbishop of the Catholic Church. He was the Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from 2012 to 2018. Biography Bruguès was born at Bagnères de Bigorre, in the diocese o ...

OP. From 2001 to 2015 Macaire served as prior of the convent of La Sainte-Baume, in

Toulon, France Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is the ...

. On 7 March 2015 it was announced that Macaire would be succeeding archbishop Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre. He was consecrated archbishop of the diocese on 12 April 2015, by Haitian cardinal Chibly Langlois, with

Marc Aillet Marc Marie Max Aillet (born 17 April 1957) has been the bishop of Bayonne since 30 November 2008. He had previously served as vicar general of the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon. Biography Aillet was born in 1957 in Parakou, Benin. He studied clas ...

and Méranville serving as the co-consecrators. The event took place at the Cathédrale Saint-Louis.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macaire, David 1969 births Living people People from Nanterre Martiniquais Roman Catholic archbishops 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France French Dominicans Dominican bishops Roman Catholic archbishops of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre