The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel ( la, Dioecesis Iacmeliensis), erected 25 February 1988, is a suffragan of the

Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (erected 3 October 1861) is a metropolitan archdiocese, responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Jacmel, Jérémie, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes. The archdiocese was a vacant see following the ...

. The diocese began with ten priests, and in 2007 had over fifty. Some have been sent as missionaries to such places as

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and

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Bishops

Ordinaries

* Guire Poulard (25 February 1988 - 9 March 2009, appointed Bishop of Les Cayes) * Launay Saturné (28 April 2010 - 16 July 2018, appointed Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien) * Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (8 December 2018)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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 Langl ...

, appointed Bishop of Fort-Liberté in 2004; future Cardinal

References

External links and references

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GCatholic.org page for Diocese of Jacmel
Jacmel Jacmel Jacmel Jacmel Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Port-au-Prince {{RC-diocese-stub