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Diocese of Les Gonaïves

Dioecesis Gonayvesensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 October 1861
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Haïti
  • Square Kilometers: 4,987 (1,926 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, 89 Avenue des Dattes, HT-4110 Les Gonaïves, Haïti, W.I.
  • Telephone: 3719-1875; 3817-2055

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 October 1861ErectedArchdiocese of Santo Domingo Diocese of Cap-Haïtien (erected)
Diocese of Les Cayes (erected)
Diocese of Les Gonaïves (erected)
Diocese of Port-de-Paix (erected)
25 June 1929Territory AddedDiocese of Cap-Haïtien (Hinche, Maissade, Marmelade, and St. Michel)
Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (Thomond)
Diocese of Les Gonaïves (Entire civil province of Artibonite)
20 April 1972Territory LostDiocese of Cap-Haïtien
Diocese of Les Gonaïves
Diocese of Hinche (erected) (Hinche, Thomonde, Thomassique, Los Palis, Maissade, CercaCarvajal, Pignon, La Victoire, Mombin-Crochu, Cercala Source, along with Bois-Laurent)
7 April 1988Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Les Gonaïves (from Port-au-Prince)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949475,000500,00095.0%303015,833112415ap1951
1965600,000.0%1410240134820ap1967
1970550,000710,00077.5%12193117,741257819ap1971
1976450,000550,00081.8%12193114,516337113ap1977
1980461,000560,00082.3%7212816,464326813ap1981
1990650,0001,000,00065.0%19244315,116366322ap1991
1999750,0001,300,00057.7%33215413,888388426ap2000
2000757,0001,318,00057.4%37205713,280329426ap2001
2001764,5701,331,18057.4%41196012,742319527ap2002
2002776,0381,359,18057.1%41206112,721309528ap2003
2003791,5581,386,36357.1%39205913,416298329ap2004
2013790,0001,375,00057.5%51176811,617256546ap2014
2016993,0001,728,00057.5%59197812,730257350ap2017
2019972,0001,728,00056.3%73239610,125327957ap2020
2021999,4001,778,60056.2%797912,650197962ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 21, Page 558, and Page 559

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