Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince
Roman Catholic metropolitan archdiocese in Port-au-Prince, Haiti / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince Archidioecesis Portus Principis | |
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Location | |
Country | Haiti |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Port-au-Prince |
Metropolitan | Port-au-Prince, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,500 km2 (2,100 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 4,244,000 3,056,000 (72%) |
Parishes | 89 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | October 3, 1861 |
Cathedral | The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Max Leroy Mésidor |
Bishops emeritus | Joseph Lafontant |
Website | |
www.archidiocesedepaup.org |
The archdiocese was a vacant see following the death of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, who was one of the many casualties of the 12 January 2010 earthquake when the Archdiocesan Chancery building collapsed.[1][2] The archdiocese's chancellor was also reportedly killed.
On the one-year anniversary of the disaster, Pope Benedict XVI 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.[3]