Diocese of Les Gonaïves, Haiti

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Les Gonaïves / Gonayvesen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cap-Haïtien

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 28

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1861.10.03: Established as Diocese of Les Gonaïves / Gonayvesen(sis) (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: Became suffragan of Cap-Haïtien

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.07.30 – ...):

Bishop Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C. (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Les Gonaïves (Roman Rite)

Bishop Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C. (70)
(2003.07.30 – ...)

Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti)

Born:	1954.05.25 (Pilate, Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1983.10.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.10.13

Coadjutor Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) (2002.05.21 – 2003.07.30)

Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) (2003.07.30 – ...)

Bishop Emmanuel Constant
(1966.08.20 – 2003.07.30)

Born:	1928.01.05 (Haiti)
Ordained Priest:	1953.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.10.28
Died:	2009.06.16 († 81)

Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) (1966.08.20 – 2003.07.30)

President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti (1973 – 1976)

Bishop Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert
(1936.01.14 – 1966.08.18)

Born:	1901.05.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1923.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.03.29
Died:	1994.03.04 († 92)

Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) (1936.01.14 – 1966.08.18)

Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ (1966.08.18 – 1994.03.04)

Bishop Joseph-François-Marie Julliot
(1928.10.09 – 1936.01.13)

Born:	1874.07.21 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1899.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.12.16
Died:	1939.09.29 († 65)

Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) (1928.10.09 – 1936.01.13)

Titular Bishop of Axomis (1936.01.13 – 1939.09.29)

Archbishop Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan
(Apostolic Administrator 1903.10.22 – 1928.10.09)

Archbishop Giulio Tonti (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1893.02.24 – 1902.08.23)

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 Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C. (70) (2002.05.21 – 2003.07.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée, Gonaïves, Artibonite

Port-de-Paix (↖), Fort-Liberté (↗), Hinche (→), Port-au-Prince (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 4,987 km²

Population: 1,031,000 Catholics (56.4% of 1,829,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 65 parishes, 248 missions

Personnel: 86 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon, 88 religious (9 brothers, 79 sisters), 40 seminarians