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Suffragan diocese Jérémie, Haiti

Diocese of Jérémie

Ieremiopolitan(us)

Latin-rite diocese covering Haiti's Grand'Anse department, erected 20 April 1972 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Louis King of France in Jeremie. Bishop Joseph Gontrand Decoste, S.J., has led the diocese since 2009.

On the map

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Jérémie, Haiti, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1972
Catholics
450,645
Priests
83
Territory
2,146 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Joseph Gontrand Decoste, S.J.

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Louis King of France, Jeremie stands in Jérémie, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, the Diocese of Jérémie (Latin: Dioecesis Ieremiopolitana; French: Diocèse de Jérémie; Haitian Creole: Dyosèz Jeremi) dates from its erection on 20 April 1972.