The Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien ( French: ''Archidiocèse du Cap-Haïtien'';

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: ''Archidioecesis Cap-Haïtien''), erected 3 October 1861 as the Diocese of Cap-Haïtien, is a

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, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of

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, Les Gonaïves and

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. It was elevated on 7 April 1988.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Constant-Mathurin Hillion (1872–1886), appointed Archbishop of Port-au-Prince * François-Marie Kersuzan (1886–1929) * Jean-Marie Jan (1929–1953) * Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. (1953–1974); Archbishop (personal title) in 1968 * François Gayot, S.M.M. (1974–2003) * Hubert Constant, O.M.I. (2003–2008) * Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B. (2008–2014) *

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, (2014-2017), appointed Archbishop of Port-au-Prince * Launay Saturné (2018-)

Coadjutor bishops

* Jean-Marie Jan (1924-1929) * Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. (1951-1953) *

(2013-2014)

External links

*
GCatholic.org page for the Archdiocese
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