Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince

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Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince Archidioecesis Portus Principis
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Port-au-Prince, which was dedicated on 13 December 1928, was destroyed during the 12 January 2010 earthquake
Location
Country	Haiti
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Port-au-Prince
Metropolitan	Port-au-Prince, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest Department
Population - Catholics	2,500,000 (71.4%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	October 3, 1861
Cathedral	The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Archbishop	Guire Poulard
Auxiliary Bishop	Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (erected 3 October 1861) is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Jacmel, Jérémie, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes.

The archdiocese was a vacant see following the death of His Excellency, the Most Reverend 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]

Ordinaries

Mgr. Guilloux, 2nd Archbishop

1. Archbishop Martial-Guillaume-Marie Testard du Cosquer (7 September 1863 Appointed – 27 July 1869 Died)
2. Archbishop Alexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux (27 June 1870 Appointed – 24 October 1885 Died)
3. Archbishop Constant-Mathurin Hillion (10 June 1886 Appointed – 21 February 1890 Died)
4. Cardinal Giulio Tonti (1 October 1894 Appointed – 23 August 1902 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Ancyra)
5. Archbishop Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan (16 September 1903 Appointed – 5 December 1930 Resigned)
6. Archbishop Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze (5 December 1930 Succeeded – 24 June 1955 Retired)
7. Archbishop François-Marie-Joseph Poirier (3 July 1955 Appointed – 18 August 1966 Resigned)
8. Archbishop François-Wolff Ligondé (20 August 1966 Appointed – 1 March 2008 Retired)
9. Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot (1 March 2008 Succeeded – 12 January 2010 Died)
10. Archbishop Guire Poulard (12 January 2011 Appointed)

Other bishops

• Archbishop Emeritus: François-Wolff Ligondé
• Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Lafontant
• Auxiliary Bishop: Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint

Territorial losses

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Haiti

Notes

External links and references

• "Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpoap.html. Retrieved 2007-02-27. 
•  "Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

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