Basse-Terre is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.
Pontoise is a commune north of Paris, France. It is located 28.4 km (17.6 mi) from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise.
The Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France, more simply known as the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The archdiocese comprises the entirety of the French overseas department of Martinique.
Basse-Terre Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe and a national monument of France, in the town of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe.
The Roman CatholicDiocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre, more simply known as the Diocese of Basse-Terre, is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean.
The Archdiocese of Conakry is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Guinea. It is the metropolitan see for its ecclesiastical province which covers all Guinea. It depends upon the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Morocco. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat on July 2, 1923, by Pope Pius XI, and promoted to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on September 14, 1955.
The Catholic Church in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
The Diocese of Kankan is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Guinea. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe from 1984 to 2008.
The Diocese of Pontoise is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1966, the Diocese of Pontoise was split off from the Diocese of Versailles. As of 2013, the diocese was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris.
Articles related to the French overseas department of Guadeloupe include:
Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, OFM was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Jean-Yves is a French masculine given name. Notable persons with that name include:
Monsignor Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne is a French Roman Catholic bishop.
Théodore-Augustin Forcade (1816–1885) was a French Roman Catholic archbishop.
Events from the year 1703 in France
Siméon Oualli was a Guadeloupean clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre. Oualli was born in Saint-François, Guadeloupe. He became ordained in 1957. He was appointed bishop in 1970. He died on 17 March 2002, at the age of 74.
Emmanuel-François Canappe was a French clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre. Canappe was born in Wailly, France. He became ordained in 1872. He was appointed bishop in 1901.
Joseph-Clair Reyne was a French clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre. Reyne was born in Manosque. He became ordained in 1848. He was appointed bishop in 1870. He died on 14 November 1872, at the age of 48.
