Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Brelle (August 18, 1754 – July 1819) was the Grand Archbishop of Haiti. He also crowned the first two rulers of Haiti. Haiti being a Catholic country far from Rome, from the independence of the country in 1804, Brelle was chosen as representative of the

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in the country. He became its Grand Archbishop and thus governed like the Pope while respecting the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brelle, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Haiti 1754 births 1819 deaths

External links

M. Franchina, "A Transatlantic Battle of Robes: French Priests in the Haitian Revolution"