Diocese of Jacmel, Haiti

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jacmel / Iacmelien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Port-au-Prince

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 15

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1988.02.25: Established as Diocese of Jacmel / Iacmelien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.12.08 – ...):

Bishop Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jacmel (Roman Rite)

Bishop Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (59)
(2018.12.08 – ...)

Bishop of Jacmel (Haiti)

Caritas semper caritas

Born:	1965.05.19 (Grande Savane, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1994.11.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.03.26

Priest of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (1994.11.13 – 2011.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Senez (2011.01.12 – 2018.12.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (2011.01.12 – 2018.12.08)

Bishop of Jacmel (Haiti) (2018.12.08 – ...)

Bishop Launay Saturné (61) (later Archbishop)
(2010.04.28 – 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 – ...)

Bishop Guire Poulard (later Archbishop)
(1988.02.25 – 2009.03.09)

Born:	1942.01.06 (Delatte, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.05.15
Died:	2018.12.09 (Port-au-Prince, Haiti † 76)

Bishop of Jacmel (Haiti) (1988.02.25 – 2009.03.09)

Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (2009.03.09 – 2011.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (2011.01.12 – 2017.10.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Jacques et Saint-Philippe, Jacmel, Sud-Est

Les Cayes (←), Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne (↖), Port-au-Prince (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,700 km²

Population: 436,824 Catholics (66.2% of 659,591 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 62 priests (60 diocesan, 2 religious), 80 religious (15 brothers, 65 sisters), 35 seminarians