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"The Catholic Church in Haiti: Political and Social Change", an article from: Theological Studies by John P. Hogan; The Catholic Church in Haiti: Political and Social Change by Anne Greene; The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti by Leslie G. Desmangles; Our Lady of Class Struggle: The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Haiti by ...
The Catholic Church in Haiti (Greater Antilles) consists only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal Conference of Haiti , comprising two ecclesiastical provinces , each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishop , with a total of each suffragan dioceses , each headed by a bishop .
The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (erected 3 October 1861) is a metropolitan archdiocese, responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Jacmel, Jérémie, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes.
Six Catholic nuns along with others traveling on a bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, were kidnapped Friday, a Catholic organization said. The nuns were from the country's Congregation of the Sisters ...
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 ...
The ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince (the archdiocese and the four suffragan dioceses of Cap Haïtien, Les Gonaïves, Les Cayes, and Port-de-Paix) dates from the reorganization following upon the Concordat of 1860 between Pope Pius IX and the Republic of Haiti.
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Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Haiti: [1] Cathedral of St. Anne in Anse-à-Veau; Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Cap-Haïtien; Cathedral of St. Joseph in Fort-Liberté; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Hinche; Cathedral of St. James and St. Philip in Jacmel; Cathedral of St. Louis King of France in Jérémie