Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Cap-Haïtien / Capitis Haitiani (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Fort-Liberté, Hinche, Les Gonaïves, Port-de-Paix

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 6

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1861.10.03: Established as Diocese of Cap-Haïtien / Capitis Haitiani (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)
1972.04.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Hinche
1988.04.07: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien / Capitis Haitiani (Latin) (with suffragan sees Hinche, Les Gonaïves and Port-de-Paix)
1991.01.31: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Fort-Liberté and gained suffragan see Fort-Liberté

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.07.16 – ...):

Archbishop Launay Saturné (61)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cap-Haïtien (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Launay Saturné (61)
(2018.07.16 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1964.01.14 (Delatte, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1991.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.05.29

Priest of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (1991.03.10 – 2010.04.28)

Bishop of Jacmel (Haiti) (2010.04.28 – 2018.07.16)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (2017.12.01 – 2023.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (2018.07.16 – ...)

Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor (63)
(2014.11.22 – 2017.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)
President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti

Born:	1962.01.06 (Saint-Marc, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1988.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.07.28

Priest of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) (1988.01.10 – 2012.06.09)

Bishop of Fort-Liberté (Haiti) (2012.06.09 – 2013.11.01)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (2013.11.01 – 2014.11.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Liberté (Haiti) (2013.12 – 2014.10.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (2014.11.22 – 2017.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (2017.10.07 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (2021.04.14 – 2023.11.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (2023.11.28 – ...)

Archbishop Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B. (86)
(2008.03.01 – 2014.11.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

Born:	1938.11.08 (Jérémie, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1974.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.01.25

Titular Bishop of Selendeta (1986.11.25 – 1998.06.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (1986.11.25 – 1998.06.30)

Bishop of Hinche (Haiti) (1998.06.30 – 2008.03.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (2005.02 – 2011.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (2008.03.01 – 2014.11.22)

Archbishop Hubert Constant, O.M.I.
(2003.11.05 – 2008.03.01)

Born:	1931.09.18 (Camp-Perrin, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1958.09.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.04.07
Died:	2011.09.23 († 80)

Bishop of Fort-Liberté (Haiti) (1991.01.31 – 2003.11.05)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (1998 – 2005)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (2003.11.05 – 2008.03.01)

Archbishop François Gayot, S.M.M.
(1988.04.07 – 2003.11.05)

Ad lucem per crucem

Born:	1927.07.17 (Saint-Louis-du-Nord, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1954.02.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.02.02
Died:	2010.12.16 († 83)

Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (1974.11.22 – 1988.04.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (1983 – 1989)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (1988.04.07 – 2003.11.05)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (1992 – 1998)

Bishops of Cap-Haïtien (Roman Rite)

Bishop François Gayot, S.M.M. (later Archbishop)
(1974.11.22 – 1988.04.07)

(see above)

Archbishop Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C.
(1953.06.29 – 1974.08.14)

Born:	1895.01.04 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1918.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.03.16
Died:	1974.08.14 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Vartana (1951.01.10 – 1953.06.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (1951.01.10 – 1953.06.29)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (1953.06.29 – 1974.08.14)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (1966 – 1967)

Bishop Jean-Marie Jan
(1929.02.04 – 1953.06.27)

Born:	1875.11.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1898.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.03.30
Died:	1972.12.13 († 97)

Titular Bishop of Metropolis (1924.01.15 – 1929.02.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (1924.01.15 – 1929.02.04)

Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (1929.02.04 – 1953.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Edistiana (1953.06.27 – 1970.12.09)

Bishop François-Marie Kersuzan
(1886.08.13 – 1929.02.04)

Born:	1848.03.25 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1871.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1884.01.13
Died:	1935.07.23 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Hippus (1883.08.09 – 1886.08.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (1883.08.09 – 1886.08.13)

Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (1886.08.13 – 1929.02.04)

Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis (1929.02.04 – 1935.07.23)

Bishop Constant-Mathurin Hillion (later Archbishop)
(1873.12.22 – 1886.08.13)

Born:	1830.10.21 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1855.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.02.08
Died:	1890.02.21 († 59)

Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) ([1872.09] 1873.12.22 – 1886.08.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1886.06.10 – 1890.02.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) (1886.06.10 – 1890.02.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Port-de-Paix (Haiti) (1886.06.10 – 1890.02.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (1886.08.13 – 1890.02.21)

Archbishop Alexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux
(Apostolic Administrator 1870.06.27 – 1873.12.22)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor (63) (2013.11.01 – 2014.11.22)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. (later Archbishop) (1951.01.10 – 1953.06.29)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jean-Marie Jan (1924.01.15 – 1929.02.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. (1959.06.06 – 1967.08.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, Cap-Haïtien, Nord

Fort-Liberté (←), Mao–Monte Cristi (→), Hinche (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,115 km²

Population: 914,600 Catholics (50.5% of 1,810,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes, 134 missions

Personnel: 127 priests (95 diocesan, 32 religious), 168 religious (46 brothers, 122 sisters), 36 seminarians