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Suffragan diocese Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe

Diocese of Basse-Terre

Imae Telluris

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre, in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe.

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Established
1951

Parishes and churches

44 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Philippe Guiougou
Born
8 June 1973
Birthplace
Pointe-à-Pitre

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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.