Diocese of Les Cayes, Haiti

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Les Cayes / Caiesen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Port-au-Prince

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 12

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1861.10.03: Established as Diocese of Les Cayes / Caiesen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)
1972.04.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Jérémie
2008.07.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.08.15 – ...):

Cardinal Chibly Langlois (65)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giacomo in Augusta

Ordinaries

Bishops of Les Cayes (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Chibly Langlois (65)
(2011.08.15 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giacomo in Augusta
Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Servire cum caritate

Born:	1958.11.29 (La Vallée, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1991.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.06.06
Created Cardinal:	2014.02.22

Priest of Jacmel (Haiti) (1991.09.22 – 2004.04.08)

Bishop of Fort-Liberté (Haiti) (2004.04.08 – 2011.08.15)

Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (2011.08.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Liberté (Haiti) (2011.10 – 2012.06.09)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (2011.12 – 2017.12.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giacomo in Augusta (2014.02.22 [2014.06.07] – ...)

Bishop Guire Poulard (later Archbishop)
(2009.03.09 – 2011.01.12)

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)

Bishop Jean Alix Verrier (93)
(1988.04.09 – 2009.03.09)

Bishop emeritus of Les Cayes (Haiti)

Born:	1931.03.09 (Latiboliere, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.03.09

Priest of Jérémie (Haiti) (1958.07.13 – 1985.12.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1985.12.21 – 1988.04.09)

Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1988.04.09 – 2009.03.09)

Bishop Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor
(1966.08.20 – 1988.04.09)

Born:	1916.04.27 (Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1943.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.10.28
Died:	1990.11.25 († 74)

Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1966.08.20 – 1988.04.09)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (1970 – 1973)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (1976 – 1979)

Bishop Jean Louis Collignan, O.M.I.
(1942.09.30 – 1966.07.27)

Born:	1904.08.15 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1931.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.11.21
Died:	1966.07.27 († 61)

Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1942.09.30 – 1966.07.27)

Bishop François-Joseph Person
(1941.09.09 – 1941.09.24)

Born:	1895.11.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1924.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.12.05
Died:	1941.09.24 († 45)

Titular Bishop of Thespiæ (1937.06.26 – 1941.09.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1937.06.26 – 1941.09.09)

Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1941.09.09 – 1941.09.24)

Archbishop Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon
(1919.12.18 – 1941.09.01)

Born:	1865.12.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1888.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.02.12
Died:	1950.04.26 († 84)

Titular Archbishop of Cabassa (1905.01.13 – 1919.12.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (1905.01.13 – 1919.12.18)

Archbishop-Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) ([1919.04.24] 1919.12.18 – 1941.09.01)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon (1941.09.01 – 1950.04.26)

Bishop Ignace-Marie Le Ruzic
(1916.01.12 – 1919.08.01)

Born:	1874.12.14 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.05.07
Died:	1935.06.11 († 60)

Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1916.01.12 – 1919.08.01)

Titular Bishop of Madaurus (1919.08.01 – 1935.06.11)

Bishop Jean-Marie-Alexandre Morice
(1893.05.04 – 1914.06.22)

Born:	1852.10.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1875.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.07.30
Died:	1934.08.19 († 81)

Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1893.05.04 – 1914.06.22)

Titular Bishop of Tabæ (1914.06.22 – 1934.08.19)

Archbishop Constant-Mathurin Hillion
(Apostolic Administrator 1886.06.10 – 1890.02.21)

Archbishop Alexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux
(Apostolic Administrator 1870.06.27 – 1885.10.24)

Archbishop Martial-Guillaume-Marie Testard du Cosquer
(Apostolic Administrator 1863.10.01 – 1869.07.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jean Alix Verrier (93) (1985.12.21 – 1988.04.09)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop François-Joseph Person (1937.06.26 – 1941.09.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles-Édouard Peters, S.M.M. (1966.10.17 – 1972.04.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, Les Cayes, Sud

Kingston in Jamaica (←), Jérémie (↖), Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne (↗), Jacmel (→)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 2,817 km²

Population: 458,000 Catholics (59.9% of 764,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 151 priests (93 diocesan, 58 religious), 1 deacon, 198 religious (84 brothers, 114 sisters), 15 seminarians