Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes

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Diocese of Les Cayes

Dioecesis Caiesensis

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Cathedral Les Cayes Haiti.jpg
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption
Location
CountryFlag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Ecclesiastical province Province of Port-au-Prince
Metropolitan Jérémie
Statistics
Area4,649 km2 (1,795 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2001)
1,400,000
933,000 (66.6%)
Parishes43
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established3 October 1861 (163 years ago)
Cathedral Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Chibly Cardinal Langlois

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes (French: Diocèse catholique romain des Cayes; Latin: Romano-Catholicae Dioecesis Les Cayes), erected 3 October 1861, is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.

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History

The ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince (the archdiocese and the four suffragan dioceses of Cap Haïtien, Les Gonaïves, Les Cayes, and Port-de-Paix) dates from the reorganization following upon the Concordat of 1860 between Pope Pius IX and the Republic of Haiti. [1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishops

Auxiliary bishop

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Territorial losses

YearAlong withTo form
1972 Diocese of Jérémie

References

Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Cayes". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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