Suffragan diocese Les Cayes, Haiti
Diocese of Les Cayes
Caiesen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in southern Haiti, erected 3 October 1861 following the Concordat of 1860 between Pope Pius IX and Haiti. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, with its seat at Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Les Cayes. Its bishop since 2011, Chibly Langlois, became Haiti's first cardinal in 2014.
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- Established
- 1861
- Catholics
- 933,000
- Priests
- 132
- Territory
- 4,649 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
- Chibly Langlois
- Born
- 29 November 1958
- Birthplace
- La Vallée
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The cathedral
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Les Cayes stands in Les Cayes, 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
The date 3 October 1861 marks the erection of the Diocese of Les Cayes (Latin: Dioecesis Caiesensis; French: Diocèse des Cayes; Haitian Creole: Dyosèz Okay), which serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.