Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo (15 December 1932 in
Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe – 28 November 2019 in
Basse-Terre)
was the
Roman Catholic bishop of the
Diocese of Basse-Terre
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre ( la, Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis; ), more simply known as the Diocese of Basse-Terre, is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean.
T ...
in
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
from 1984 to 2008.
Cabo was ordained a
priest in 1964 and on 2 July 1984 succeeded
Siméon Oualli
Siméon Oualli (born 18 February 1928 – 17 March 2002) was a Guadeloupean clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre. Oualli was born in Saint-François, Guadeloupe
Saint-François ( gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Senfwa ...
as the bishop of Basse-Terre. He retired on 15 May 2008 and was succeeded by the
bishop of Pontoise
The Diocese of Pontoise (Latin: ''Dioecesis Pontisarensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Pontoise'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1966, the Diocese of Pontoise was split off from th ...
,
Jean-Yves Riocreux, who was appointed bishop of Basse-Terre in June 2012 and took up the post in September 2012.
References
External links
Diocese of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe Catholic Hierarchy: Ernest Cabo
1932 births
2019 deaths
People from Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Guadeloupe
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Guadeloupe
Roman Catholic bishops of Basse-Terre
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