Diocese of Basse-Terre
Imae Telluris
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
The Diocese of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-a-Pitre) is a Latin rite see erected in 1951 covering Guadeloupe in the French Antilles. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe in Basse-Terre. Bishop Philippe Guiougou, a Guadeloupe native, was appointed by Pope Francis on 3 April 2023 and ordained bishop on 9 July 2023, ending a two-year vacancy.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 July 1951
- Latin
- Imae Telluris
- Annuario code
- 001000848
The bishop
- Bishop
- Philippe Guiougou
- Born
- 8 June 1973
- Birthplace
- Pointe-à-Pitre
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 Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre stands in Basse-Terre, 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.
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
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].