The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (erected 3 October 1861) is a

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, responsible for the suffragan dioceses of

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 ...

Jérémie Jérémie ( ht, Jeremi) is a commune and capital city of the Grand'Anse department in Haiti. It had a population of about 31,000 at the 2003 census. It is relatively isolated from the rest of the country. The Grande-Anse River flows near the ...

, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and

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 ...

. The archdiocese was a vacant see following the death of

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Joseph Serge Miot Joseph Serge Miot (23 November 1946 – 12 January 2010) was a Haitian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the ninth Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, serving from 2008 until his death as a result of the 12 January 2010 earthquake. ...

, who was one of the many casualties of the 12 January 2010 earthquake when the Archdiocesan Chancery building collapsed. The archdiocese's chancellor was also reportedly killed. On the one-year anniversary of the disaster,

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named

Guire Poulard Guire Poulard (6 January 1942 – 9 December 2018) was a Haitian Roman Catholic archbishop who served as Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, from 26 March 2011 until his resignation on 7 October 2017. Biography Poulard was born in Haiti and was ...

- who had been the Bishop of Les Cayes - as the new Archbishop of Port-au-Prince. At the same time he named Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint as the auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese.

Bishops

Ordinaries

# Martial-Guillaume-Marie Testard du Cosquer (7 September 1863 – 27 July 1869) # Alexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux (27 June 1870 – 24 October 1885) # Constant-Mathurin Hillion (10 June 1886 – 21 February 1890) #

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Giulio Tonti (1 October 1894 – 23 August 1902), appointed titular Archbishop # Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan (16 September 1903 – 5 December 1930) # Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze (5 December 1930 – 24 June 1955) # François-Marie-Joseph Poirier (3 July 1955 – 18 August 1966) # François-Wolff Ligondé (20 August 1966 – 1 March 2008) #

(1 March 2008 – 12 January 2010) #

(12 January 2011 – 7 October 2017) # Max Leroy Mésidor (7 October 2017 – present)

Coadjutor bishop

* Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon (1905-1919), did not succeed to see; appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Les Cayes * Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze (1927-1930) *

(1997-2008)

Auxiliary bishops

* Léon Jules Marie Bélouino (1880-1882) * François-Marie Kersuzan (1883-1886), appointed Bishop of Cap-Haitien * Pierre-Marie Gentet (1895-1896) *

Rémy Jérôme Augustin Rémy (; pcd, R’my) is a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Rémy lies in the valley of the river Sensée, some southeast of Arras, on the D9 road. Population Places of interest ...

, S.M.M. (1953-1966), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix * Jean-Baptiste Décoste (1966-1972), appointed Bishop of Hinche * Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B. (1986-1998), appointed Bishop of Hinche * Joseph Lafontant (1986-2018) * Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. (2002-2009), appointed Bishop of Hinche * Pierre-André Dumas (2002-2008), appointed Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne * Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. (2012-2014), appointed Bishop of Fort-Liberté * Sylvain Ducange, S.D.B. (2016–2021), died

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Launay Saturné Launay Saturné (born 1964 in Petit-Goâve) is a Haitians, Haitian clergyman and bishop. He was ordained in 1991. He was Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel, Bishop of Jacmel from 2010 until 2018 when he became Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Ha� ...

, appointed Bishop of Jacmel in 2010 * Désinord Jean, appointed Bishop of Hinche in 2016

Other bishops

Auxiliary bishops

Former auxiliary bishops

* Léon Bélouino (20 August 1880 – 18 January 1882) * Sylvain Ducange, SDB (4 June 2016 - 18 June 2021) * François-Marie Kersuzan (9 August 1883 – 13 August 1886) * Pierre-Marie Gentet (10 December 1895 – 6 March 1896) * Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon (Coadjutor: 13 January 1905 – 18 December 1919) *

Rémy Augustin Rémy (; pcd, R’my) is a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Rémy lies in the valley of the river Sensée, some southeast of Arras, on the D9 road. Population Places of interest ...

, SMM (8 April 1953 – 20 August 1966) * Jean-Baptiste Décoste (20 August 1966 – 20 April 1972) * Louis Nerval Kébreau, SDB (25 November 1986 – 30 June 1998) * Joseph Lafontant (25 November 1986 – 27 July 2013) * Pierre-André Dumas (10 December 2002 – 13 July 2008) * Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien,

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(10 December 2002 – 6 August 2009) *

Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (born 19 May 1965 in Grande Savane) is a Haitians, Haitian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel. He was ordained in 1994. He was appointed Auxiliary Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prin ...

(12 January 2011 – 8 December 2018) * Quesnel Alphonse, SMM (10 November 2012 – 25 October 2014)

Bishops who were priests of the archdiocese

(priest: 10 March 1991 – 28 April 2010; appointed Bishop of

) * Jean Désinord (priest: 13 November 1994 – 4 April 2016; appointed Bishop of

Hinche Hinche (; ht, Ench; es, Hincha) is a commune in the Centre department Haiti. It has a population of about 50,000. It is the capital of the Centre department. Hinche is the hometown of Charlemagne Péralte, the Haitian nationalist leader who ...

)

Notes

External links and references

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GCatholic.org page for the Archdiocese of Port-au-PrinceRadioSoleil.org in Port-au-Prince
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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 ...

1861 establishments in Haiti A

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishop

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Other bishops

Auxiliary bishops

Former auxiliary bishops

Bishops who were priests of the archdiocese

See also

Notes

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