Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté ( la, Dioecesis Castelli Libertatis), erected 31 January 1991, is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien. On 25 October 2014,
Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
appointed Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. as bishop of Fort-Liberté.


Ordinaries

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Hubert Constant Hubert Constant born on the 18th of September, 1931 in Camp-Perrin, South of Haiti and died on the 23rd of September 2011 was the Roman Catholic metropolitan archbishop of Cap-Haïtien. Ordained priest in the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) on ...
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O.M.I. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, ...
(1991-2003), appointed Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien *
Chibly Langlois Chibly Langlois (; born 29 November 1958) is a Haitian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is bishop of Les Cayes since 15 August 2011, and president of Haiti’s Bishops’ Conference. Pope Francis, on 22 February 2014, elevated Langlo ...
(2004-2011), appointed Bishop of Les Cayes; future Cardinal *
Max Leroy Mésidor Max Leroy Mésidor (born 1962 in Saint-Marc Saint-Marc ( ht, Sen Mak) is a commune in western Haiti in Artibonite departement. Its geographic coordinates are . At the 2003 Census the commune had 160,181 inhabitants. It is one of the biggest c ...
(2012-2013), appointed coadjutor archbishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien ( la, Archidioecesis Capitis Haitiani), erected 3 October 1861 as the Diocese of Cap-Haïtien, is a Metropolitan bishop, metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Roman Catholic ...
by
Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
on November 1, 2013 * Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. (2014- )


See also

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Roman Catholicism in Haiti The Catholic Church in Haiti is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope, the Curia in Rome and the Conference of Haitian Bishops. There are ten dioceses including two archdioceses. The national patron sa ...
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Fort-Liberté Fort-Liberté ( ht, Fòlibète) is a commune and administrative capital of the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It is close to the border of the Dominican Republic and is one of the oldest cities in the country. Haiti's independence was proclaimed ...


References


External links and references

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GCatholic.org page for this diocese
Fort-Liberte Fort-Liberte 1991 establishments in Haiti Fort-Liberté Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cap-Haïtien {{RC-diocese-stub