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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 ...
Built between 1884 and 1914, it was dedicated on December 13, 1928 (), and became the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince. [1] The cathedral was destroyed in during the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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 .
It designates Haiti as a "do not travel" country in an advisory to U.S. tourists. In 2021, five priests and two nuns were kidnapped from a suburb of Port-au-Prince.
Haiti: Ecclesiastical province: Province of Cap-Haïtien: Metropolitan: Port-de-Paix: Statistics; Area: 4,500 km 2 (1,700 sq mi) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004) 550,000 330,000 (60%) Parishes: 17: Information; Denomination: Roman Catholic: Rite: Latin Rite: Established: 3 October 1861 (163 years ago) Cathedral: Cathedral of the ...
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.
Location; Country Haiti Ecclesiastical province: Province of Cap-Haïtien: Statistics; Area: 2,200 km 2 (850 sq mi): Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006) 1,463,520 778,110 (53.2%)
Catholic-Hierarchy; GCatholic.org page for Diocese of Les Cayes This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Cayes". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.