List of Catholic dioceses in Haiti

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Remnants of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption after its collapse during the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In 2020, the building is still in ruins. Rubbles of the cathedral after the earthquake that hit the Capital Port au Prince just before 5 pm on 12 January 2010.jpg
Remnants of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption after its collapse during the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In 2020, the building is still in ruins.

The Catholic Church in Haiti (Greater Antilles) consists only of a Latin hierarchy,
joint in the national Episcopal Conference of Haiti, comprising two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of each suffragan dioceses, each headed by a bishop.

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There are no Eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions.

There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Haiti as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) in the national capital Port-au-Prince.

Current Latin dioceses

Ecclesiastical province of Cap-Haïtien

Ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Sautreuil, Pierre (2020-01-12). "Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince, cathédrale martyre de Haïti". Le Figaro.fr (in French).
  2. 1 2 "Catholic Church in Haiti". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
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