Diocese of Hinche
Hinchen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hinche, Haiti
Latin-rite diocese covering Haiti's Centre department, erected 20 April 1972 from territory of the Diocese of Les Gonaives. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haitien. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Hinche.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 April 1972
- Latin
- Hinchen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001595
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 355,000
- Population
- 584,000
- Catholic share
- 60.8%
- Priests
- 91
- Catholics per priest
- 3,901
- Extent
- 3,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 118
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
- Desinord Jean
- Born
- 26 September 1967
- Birthplace
- Furcy
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 the Immaculate Conception, Hinche stands in Hinche, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cap-Haitien.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Cap-HaïtienCap-Haïtien
- Diocese of Fort-LibertéFort-Liberté
- 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 20 April 1972, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hinche (Latin: Dioecesis Hinchensis) serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien.
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].