Suffragan diocese Les Gonaïves, Haiti
Diocese of Les Gonaïves
Gonayvesen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese covering Haiti's Artibonite region, erected 3 October 1861. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haitien, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo in Gonaives. In 1972 it ceded territory to form the Diocese of Hinche.
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- Established
- 1861
- Catholics
- 791,558
- Priests
- 96
- Territory
- 4,831 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
- Yves-Marie Pean, C.S.C.
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo, Gonaives stands in Les Gonaïves, 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
Cap-Haïtien's archdiocese counts among its suffragans the Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Gonaïves (French: Diocèse catholique romain des Gonaïves; Latin: Romano-Catholicae Dioecesis Les Gonaïves), a see erected on 3 October 1861.