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According to the Catholic Church in Haiti, the 10 dioceses of the two ecclesiastical provinces of Haiti include 251 parishes and about 1,500 Christian rural communities. The local clergy has 400 diocesan priests and 300 seminarians. There are also 1,300 religious missionary priests belonging to more than 70 religious order and fraternities.
Haiti was first colonized by the Spanish, who later abandoned the island's western portion. That region came under French influence after 1630, and was formally recognized as the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1697. Under French rule, Roman Catholicism was the sole legal religion, though African slaves frequently practiced vodou. Slaves ...
Vodou is the majority religion of Haiti, [541] for most Haitians practice both Vodou and Roman Catholicism. [48] An often used joke about Haiti holds that the island's population is 85% Roman Catholic, 15% Protestant, and 100% Vodou. [542] Even some of those who reject Vodou acknowledge its close associations with Haitian identity. [21]
The Christian population of Haiti often uses Vodou as a scapegoat for Haiti's problems including the devastating 2010 earthquake and the poor economic state of Haiti today. [8] Extremist Christian groups in Haiti have sought to rid the country of Vodou completely as they believe Vodou practitioners are influenced by demonic forces.
Haiti religion-related lists (1 C, 1 P) + Haitian people by religion (4 C) C. Christianity in Haiti (5 C, 4 P) E. Religious education in Haiti (1 C) F.
After a massacre in 1804, nearly all the clergy left the colony but Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Brelle became the Archbishop ("grand-archevêque") of Haiti (without a regular appointment), named by Dessalines. For the following two years the only religious services given at Port-au-Prince were held by a former sacristan. After the overthrow of Jacques ...
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Missionary work opened for Haiti in 1980 and in 1982, there were 12 missionaries serving in Haiti from the West Indies Mission. The Pout-au-Prince Mission was organized on August 1, 1984. [10] Following a military coup in October 1991, the church withdrew foreign missionaries from Haiti. Foreign missionaries returned in July 1999.