Diocese of

Cayenne

French Guiana

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cayenne (français) / Cajenna / Caienna (Italiano) / Caiennen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

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History

1731: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of French Guiana (English) / Cayenne (français) / Guyana francese (Italiano) / Cajennæ (Latin) / Guyanæ Gallicæ (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Îles de la Terre Ferme)
1933.01.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of French Guiana (English) / Cayenne (français) / Guyana francese (Italiano) / Cajennæ (Latin) / Guyanæ Gallicæ (Latin)
1956.02.29: Promoted as Diocese of Cayenne (français) / Cajenna / Caienna (Italiano) / Caiennen(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
1967.09.26: Became suffragan of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre

Contact Info

Address: Évêché, B.P. 378, 24 rue Madame Payé, 97328 Cayenne, French Guiana

Phone: 5.94.28.98.48

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.12.10 – ...):

Bishop Alain Ransay (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cayenne (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alain Ransay (62)
(2021.12.10 – ...)

Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana)

Ne crains pas, crois seulement

Born:	1961.11.11 (Trinité, Martinique)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.02.06

Priest of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1992.12.27 – 2021.12.10)

Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana) (2021.12.10 – ...)

Bishop Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. (82)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.04.07 – 2021.12.10)

Bishop Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont (78)
(2004.06.18 – 2020.10.26)

Bishop emeritus of Cayenne (French Guiana)

Avec Marie, Mère de l’Église, je suis venu pour servir

Born:	1945.10.26 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.08.29

Priest of Tours (France) (1970.08.02 – 2004.06.18)

Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana) (2004.06.18 – 2020.10.26)

Bishop Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé (77)
(1998.06.27 – 2004.06.18)

Bishop emeritus of Nice (France)

Exaltavit humiles

Born:	1946.11.02 (Saint-Louis, Senegal)
Ordained Priest:	1976.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.09.27

Priest of Marseille (France) (1976.09.18 – 1998.06.27)

Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana) (1998.06.27 – 2004.06.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nice (France) (2004.06.18 – 2005.03.28)

Bishop of Nice (France) (2005.03.28 – 2013.08.08)

Bishop François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp.
(1973.03.01 – 1998)

Born:	1922.02.11 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.06.29
Died:	1998.10.25 († 76)

Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana) (1973.03.01 – 1998)

Bishop Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp.
(1956.02.29 – 1973.03.01)

Born:	1899.10.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1925.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.01
Died:	1974.11.08 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Mundinitza (1945.01.12 – 1956.02.29)

Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1945.01.12 – 1956.02.29)

Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana) (1956.02.29 – 1973.03.01)

Vicars Apostolic of French Guiana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp.
(1945.01.12 – 1956.02.29)

(see above)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp.
(1933.01.15 – 1944.09.16)

Born:	1874.05.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1900.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.03.25
Died:	1944.09.16 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Arad (1933.01.10 – 1944.09.16)

Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1933.01.15 – 1944.09.16)

Prefects Apostolic of French Guiana (Roman Rite)

Fr. Leone Delaval
(1925.01.15 – 1931.11.11)

Born:	1868.08.10
Ordained Priest:	1899
Died:	1931.11.11 († 63)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1925.01.15 – 1931.11.11)

Fr. Justin Favre
(1914 – 1924)

Died:

1924

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1914 – 1924)

Fr. Marcel Beguin
(1904 – 1911)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1904 – 1911)

Fr. Louis Pignol
(1892 – 1904)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1892 – 1904)

Fr. Joseph Guyodo, C.S.Sp.
(1885 – 1892)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1885 – 1892)

Fr. Ambroise Emonet, C.S.Sp.
(1873 – 1882)

Born:	1828.03.26 (France)
Died:	1898.06.28 († 70)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1873 – 1882)

Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers) (1882.08.26 – 1895.10.17)

Fr. Olivier Herve, C.S.Sp.
(1868 – 1871)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1868 – 1871)

Fr. Jean Dossat
(1847 – 1868)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1847 – 1868)

Fr. Paul Guillier
(1818 – 1847)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1818 – 1847)

Fr. Legrand
(1792 – 1818)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1792 – 1818)

Fr. Nicolas Jacquemin (later Bishop)
(1787.03.13 – 1792)

Born:	1737.01.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1798.02.04
Died:	1816.04.03 († 79)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1787.03.13 – 1792)

Fr. Radel
(1777 – 1787)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1777 – 1787)

Fr. Robillard
(1775 – 1777)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1775 – 1777)

Fr. Poussin
(1771 – 1775)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1771 – 1775)

Fr. Destable
(1769 – 1771)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1769 – 1771)

Fr. Alexis Ruel, S.J.
(1764 – 1769)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1762 – 1762)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1764 – 1769)

Fr. Fleury
(1762 – 1764)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1762 – 1764)

Fr. Alexis Ruel, S.J.
(1762 – 1762)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1762 – 1762)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1764 – 1769)

Fr. Henri Ghuez, S.J.
(1761 – 1762)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1761 – 1762)

Fr. Philippe d’Huberland, S.J.
(1746 – 1760)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1746 – 1760)

Fr. Pierre de la Raffinie, S.J.
(1736 – 1746)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1736 – 1746)

Fr. Louis de Villette, S.J.
(1731 – 1736)

Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1731 – 1736)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Cayenne

Paramaribo (←), Macapá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 84,000 km²

Population: 213,825 Catholics (70.3% of 304,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 30 priests (5 diocesan, 25 religious), 19 deacons, 56 religious (26 brothers, 30 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.10.13

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