Suffragan diocese Jacmel, Haiti
Diocese of Jacmel
Iacmelien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese covering Haiti's Sud-Est department, erected 25 February 1988 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. James and St. Philip in Jacmel. Bishop Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint was appointed 8 December 2018.
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- Established
- 1988
- Catholics
- 331,667
- Priests
- 52
- Territory
- 2,700 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
- Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint
- Born
- 19 May 1965
- Birthplace
- Grande Savane
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. James and St. Philip, Jacmel stands in Jacmel, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, the Diocese of Jacmel (Latin: Dioecesis Iacmeliensis; French: Diocèse de Jacmel; Haitian Creole: Dyosèz Jakmèl) was erected on 25 February 1988. From an initial ten priests the diocese grew to more than fifty by 2007, and some of its clergy have gone out as missionaries to places such as Brazil and Quebec.