Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince
Portus Principis
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated in the Haitian capital, erected as a metropolitan see on 3 October 1861 under the Concordat of 1860. Its seat, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, was destroyed in the 12 January 2010 earthquake. Its suffragans are Jacmel, Jeremie, Anse-a-Veau et Miragoane, and Les Cayes.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 October 1861
- Latin
- Portus Principis
- Annuario code
- 001002632
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,056,000
- Population
- 4,244,000
- Catholic share
- 72.0%
- Priests
- 299
- Catholics per priest
- 10,221
- Extent
- 5,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 556
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Max Leroy Mesidor
- Born
- 6 January 1962
- Birthplace
- Saint-Marc
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince stands in Port-au-Prince, 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.
The province of Port-au-Prince
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Anse-à-Veau et MiragoâneAnse-à-Veau et Miragoâne
- Diocese of JacmelJacmel
- Diocese of JérémieJérémie
- Diocese of Les CayesLes Cayes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (Latin: Archidioecesis Portus Principis; French: Archidiocèse de Port-au-Prince; Haitian Creole: Achidyosèz Pòtoprens) oversees the suffragan dioceses of Jacmel, Jérémie, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes. Approximately 668,700 Catholics live within it, and since its inception in 1861 the clergy have been primarily French.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].