Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in Haiti

Haiti
DateAscendingChange
1861.10.03Diocese of Cap-Haïtien was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)
1861.10.03Diocese of Les Cayes was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)
1861.10.03Diocese of Les Gonaïves was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)
1861.10.03Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and with suffragan sees Cap-Haïtien, Les Cayes, Les Gonaïves and Port-de-Paix)
1861.10.03Diocese of Port-de-Paix was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)
1972.04.20Diocese of Hinche was established (from Diocese of Cap-Haïtien and Diocese of Les Gonaïves and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)
1972.04.20Diocese of Jérémie was established (from Diocese of Les Cayes and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)
1988.02.25Diocese of Jacmel was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)
1988.04.07Diocese of Cap-Haïtien was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien (with suffragan sees Hinche, Les Gonaïves and Port-de-Paix)
1991.01.31Diocese of Fort-Liberté was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien and Diocese of Hinche and became suffragan of Cap-Haïtien)
2008.07.13Diocese of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne was established (from Diocese of Les Cayes and became suffragan of Port-au-Prince)

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