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, Jérémie, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes. The archdiocese was a vacant see following the death of

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named Guire Poulard - 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.

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(7 September 1863 – 27 July 1869) #

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(27 June 1870 – 24 October 1885) #

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(10 June 1886 – 21 February 1890) #

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(1 October 1894 – 23 August 1902), appointed titular Archbishop #

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(16 September 1903 – 5 December 1930) #

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(5 December 1930 – 24 June 1955) #

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(3 July 1955 – 18 August 1966) #

François-Wolff Ligondé François-Wolff Ligondé (January 17, 1928 in Les Cayes – April 8, 2013) was the Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ordained to the priesthood in 1954, he was named archbishop in 1966 and retired in 2008. Ligon ...

(20 August 1966 – 1 March 2008) #

(1 March 2008 – 12 January 2010) # Guire Poulard (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 *

(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, 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, 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, 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, CSC (10 December 2002 – 6 August 2009) * Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (12 January 2011 – 8 December 2018) * Quesnel Alphonse, SMM (10 November 2012 – 25 October 2014)

Bishops who were priests of the archdiocese

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

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

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External links and references

* *
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 ...

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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

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