Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien
Capitis Haitiani
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in northern Haiti, erected as a diocese on 3 October 1861 following the Concordat of 1860 and elevated to archdiocese on 7 April 1988. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Cap-Haitien. Its suffragans are Fort-Liberte, Hinche, Les Gonaives, and Port-de-Paix.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 October 1861
- Latin
- Capitis Haitiani
- Annuario code
- 001001050
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 778,110
- Population
- 1,463,520
- Catholic share
- 53.2%
- Priests
- 118
- Catholics per priest
- 6,594
- Extent
- 2,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 354
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
- Archbishop
- Launay Saturne
- Born
- 14 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Delatte
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Cap-Haitien stands in Cap-Haïtien, 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.
The province of Cap-Haitien
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Fort-LibertéFort-Liberté
- Diocese of HincheHinche
- Diocese of Les GonaïvesLes Gonaïves
- Diocese of Port-de-PaixPort-de-Paix
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 3 October 1861 as the Diocese of Cap-Haïtien and elevated on 7 April 1988, the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien (French: Archidiocèse de Cap-Haïtien; Latin: Archidioecesis Capitis Haitiani) is a metropolitan see responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Fort-Liberté, Hinche, Les Gonaïves and Port-de-Paix.
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].