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Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien

Archidioecesis Capitis Haitiani



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Bishop(s)

  • Launay Saturné, Archbishop
  • Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 7 April 1988
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Haïti
  • Square Kilometers: 2,115 (816 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Archeveche, rue 19-20 H, B.P. 22, Cap-Haïtien, Haïti, W.I.
  • Telephone: 3653.4364

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Cap-Haïtien
3 October 1861ErectedArchdiocese of Santo Domingo Diocese of Cap-Haïtien (erected)
Diocese of Les Cayes (erected)
Diocese of Les Gonaïves (erected)
Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (erected)
Diocese of Port-de-Paix (erected)
25 June 1929Territory LostDiocese 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)
Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien
7 April 1988ElevatedDiocese of Cap-Haïtien Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien
31 January 1991Territory LostArchdiocese of Cap-Haïtien (Département du Nord-Est)
Diocese of Hinche (Mombin-Crochu and Bois Laurence)
Diocese of Fort-Liberté (erected)
31 January 1991Territory LostArchdiocese of Cap-Haïtien (Saut-d'Eau, Mirebalais, Boucan-Carré, Las Cahobas, Savanette, and Belladère) Diocese of Hinche
31 January 1991Territory AddedDiocese of Hinche (Pignon and La Victoire) Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Cap-Haïtien
1949485,000500,00097.0%4511568,660134027ap1951
1959490,000505,00097.0%4733806,125328542ap1960
1966630,000881,73071.5%3750877,2417417444ap1967
1968675,000881,73076.6%4554996,8187919547ap1971
1976601,826856,89570.2%2462866,99710117043ap1977
19801,039,9951,195,34787.0%24568012,99911016943ap1981
Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien
19901,000,0001,530,13065.4%38428012,5006416945ap1991
1999730,7701,231,47659.3%44236710,907349837ap2000
2000757,3571,262,26260.0%44216511,651339637ap2001
2001750,8751,293,81858.0%48216910,882349639ap2002
2002757,6481,326,16357.1%54217510,101349839ap2003
2003780,0001,359,31757.4%46236911,304379541ap2004
2004800,0001,393,00057.4%46247011,428389841ap2005
2006778,1101,463,52053.2%49237210,807399643ap2007
2007827,0001,600,00051.7%5528839,963459844ap2014
2016808,0001,599,00050.5%7325988,2449211952ap2017
2019865,1101,712,00050.5%93291227,0915012254ap2020
2021909,6601,800,24450.5%82361187,7085010862ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 80, Page 1,263, and Page 1,264
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 83, Page 452, to Page 454

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