Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel

Diocese of Jacmel Dioecesis Iacmeliensis
Location
Country	Haiti
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Port-au-Prince
Metropolitan	Jacmel
Statistics
Area	2,700 km^2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2008) 510,257 331,667 (65%)
Parishes	25
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 February 1988 (36 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. James and St. Philip
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel (Latin: Dioecesis Iacmeliensis), erected 25 February 1988, is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.

The diocese began with ten priests, and in 2007 had over fifty. Some have been sent as missionaries to such places as Brazil and Quebec.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Guire Poulard (25 February 1988 - 9 March 2009, appointed Bishop of Les Cayes)[1]
• Launay Saturné (28 April 2010 - 16 July 2018, appointed Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien)[2]
• Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (8 December 2018)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Chibly Langlois, appointed Bishop of Fort-Liberté in 2004; future Cardinal

References

1. "Rinunce e nomine, 09.03.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
2. "Rinunce e nomine, 16.07.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.

External links and references

• "Diocese of Jacmel". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
• "Diocèse de Jacmel". Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
• "Diocèse de Jacmel". Archived from the original on 2002-02-13. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
• GCatholic.org page for Diocese of Jacmel

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