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Suffragan diocese Fort-Liberté, Haiti

Diocese of Fort-Liberté

Castelli Libertatis

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese in northeastern Haiti, erected 31 January 1991, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Fort-Liberte. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haitien. Bishop Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M., has led the diocese since 2014.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Joseph, Fort-Liberte, in Fort-Liberté, Haiti.

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Established
1991
Catholics
331,200
Priests
71
Territory
1,200 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M.

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Joseph, Fort-Liberte stands in Fort-Liberté, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté (French: Diocèse catholique romain de Fort-Liberté; Latin: Romano-Catholicae Dioecesis Fort-Liberté) was erected on 31 January 1991. On 25 October 2014, Pope Francis named Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. its bishop.

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