Suffragan diocese Hinche, Haiti
Diocese of Hinche
Hinchen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1972
- Catholics
- 355,000
- Priests
- 91
- Territory
- 3,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Desinord Jean
- Born
- 26 September 1967
- Birthplace
- Furcy
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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.
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.