Diocese of Cayenne
Caiennen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cayenne, French Guiana
The Diocese of Cayenne is a Latin rite see erected in 1956 covering the entirety of French Guiana, an area of some 84,000 km2 with 29 parishes. Its seat is the Cathedrale Saint-Sauveur in Cayenne. Bishop Alain Ransay, a native of Martinique, was appointed Bishop of Cayenne in 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 February 1956
- Latin
- Caiennen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001087
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 188,000
- Population
- 260,000
- Catholic share
- 72.3%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 6,267
- Extent
- 1,780 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 106
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alain Ransay
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Saint-Sauveur, Cayenne stands in Cayenne, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
First erected in 1651 as the Prefecture Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne (Latin: Dioecesis Caiennensis; French: Diocèse de Cayenne) is today a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France. The jurisdiction was elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne on 10 January 1933 and became the Diocese of Cayenne on 29 February 1956. The bishop's seat is Cayenne Cathedral.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].