Chibly Langlois

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = cardinal

| honorific-prefix = His Eminence

| name = Chibly Langlois

| title = Cardinal, Bishop of Les Cayes

| image = President Ma and Chibly Langlois (17262956123) (cropped).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Langlois in 2015

| church = Roman Catholic Church

| archdiocese =

| diocese = Les Cayes

| see =

| appointed = 15 August 2011

| predecessor = Guire Poulard

| successor =

| other_post = {{unbulleted list|Cardinal-Priest of San Giacomo in Augusta, President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti}}

| ordination = 22 September 1991

| ordained_by = Guire Poulard

| consecration = 6 June 2004

| consecrated_by = Hubert Constant

| cardinal = 22 February 2014

| rank = Cardinal-Priest

| created_cardinal_by = Pope Francis

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|11|29}}

| birth_place = La Vallée-de-Jacmel, Haiti

| death_date =

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| religion = Roman Catholic

| previous_post = Bishop of Fort-Liberté (2004-2011)

| coat_of_arms =Coat of arms of Chibly Langlois.svg

| motto = {{lang|fr|Servir Dieu et l'homme dans l'amour}}{{cite web |url=http://sangiacomoroma.blogspot.com/2014/03/cardinale-chibly-langlois-nella-nostra.html |title=Cardinale CHIBLY LANGLOIS nella nostra Chiesa |trans-title=Cardinal CHIBLY LANGLOIS in our Church |date=1 March 2014 |website=San Giacomo in Augusta |language=it |access-date=30 April 2014}} (Serve God and humanity in love){{cite web |url=http://onetable.crs.org/bishop-chibly/ |title=Bishop Chibly Langlois |date=1 June 2012 |website=Catholic Relief Services |access-date=30 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115004131/http://onetable.crs.org/bishop-chibly/ |archive-date=15 January 2014 }}

}}

{{Ordination

| ordained deacon by =

| date of diaconal ordination =

| place of diaconal ordination =

| ordained priest by =

| date of priestly ordination =22 September 1991

| place of priestly ordination =

| consecrated by = Hubert Constant, OMI

| co-consecrators = Guire Poulard
Joseph Serge Miot

| date of consecration = 6 June 2004

| elevated by = Pope Francis

| date of elevation = 22 February 2014

| bishop 1 = David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P.

| consecration date 1 = 12 April 2015

| bishop 2 = Jean Désinord

| consecration date 2 = 2 July 2016

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{{infobox cardinal styles

| name = Chibly Langlois

| image = Coat of arms of Chibly Langlois.svg

| image_size = 200px

| dipstyle = His Eminence

| offstyle = Your Eminence

| relstyle = Cardinal

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File:Chiesa San Giacomo in Augusta 47.jpg, Rome, with plaques displaying the arms of Pope Francis (left) and those of Cardinal Langlois (right). (Despite the sign, San Giacomo is not actually a basilica.)]]

Chibly Langlois ({{IPA|fr|lɑ̃glwa}}; born 29 November 1958) is a Haitian Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Les Cayes since 2011. He is also president of the Haitian Bishops’ Conference.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Pope Francis elevated Langlois to the College of Cardinals on 22 February 2014.[http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/01/12/pope_francis_announces_names_of_new_cardinals/en1-763352 Pope Francis announces names of new Cardinals] - Vatican Radio, 12 January 2014 As of February 2023, Langlois is the first and only Haitian cardinal in history. He was the only new cardinal elevated in the February 2014 consistory who was not an archbishop.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Biography

Langlois was born in 1958 in La Vallée in southeast Haiti to a poor family.{{cite web | url=http://saltandlighttv.org/blog/twitter/meet-the-cardinals-chibly-langlois-les-cayes-haiti | title=Meet the Cardinals: Chibly Langlois - Les Cayes, Haiti | publisher=Salt and Light | date=February 6, 2014 | access-date=February 24, 2014}} Langlois entered the Grand Séminaire Notre-Dame of Port-au-Prince in 1985, where he studied philosophy and theology. From 1994 to 1996, he studied at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and obtained a licentiate in pastoral theology.{{cite web |url=http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3594-haiti-religion-mgr-chibly-langlois-new-bishop-of-les-cayes.html |title=Haiti - Religion : Mgr. Chibly Langlois, new Bishop of Les Cayes |date=16 August 2011 |website=Haiti Libre |access-date=2 February 2014}}

He was ordained as priest for the diocese of Jacmel on 22 September 1991.{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/28788/haitis-first-cardinal-designate-highlights-nations-struggles |title=Haiti's first cardinal-designate highlights nation's struggles |date=15 January 2014 |website=Catholic News Agency |access-date=2 February 2014}}

On 8 April 2004 Langlois was appointed bishop of Fort-Liberté by Pope John Paul II.{{Citation | title = Provisio ecclesiarum |trans-title=Ecclesiastical provision | publisher = Vatican | journal = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/2004/maggio%202004.pdf | volume = 96 | issue = 5 | year = 2004 | page = 318 | language = la | place = Rome, IT | format = PDF}} On 15 August 2011 he was appointed bishop of Les Cayes by Pope Benedict XVI.{{Citation | title = Provisio ecclesiarum |trans-title=Ecclesiastical provision | publisher = Vatican | journal = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/2011/settembre%202011.pdf | volume = 103 | issue = 9 | year = 2011 | page = 624 | language = la | place = Rome, IT | format = PDF}}

When choosing to elevate Langlois to the College of Cardinals in 2014, Pope Francis bypassed many more senior Haitian bishops, including metropolitan archbishops Louis Kébreau and Guire Poulard.{{cite web |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/country/HT-precedence.htm |title=Bishops of Haiti by Liturgical Precedence |website=GCatholic.org |access-date=1 February 2014}} At the time, Poulard was Langlois's superior in the ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince.

On 22 February 2014, Pope Francis appointed Langlois Cardinal-Priest of San Giacomo in Augusta.{{cite web |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/02/22/0130/00280.html |title=Concistoro ordinario pubblico per la creatione dei nuovi cardinali: assegnazione dei titoli o delle diaconie ai nuovi porporati |trans-title=Ordinary public consistory for the creation of the new cardinals: allocation of titles or deaconries to the new prelates |date=22 February 2014 |website=Holy See Press Office |language=it |access-date=22 February 2014}} This Roman church had never before been designated as the titular church of a Catholic cardinal. Cardinal Langlois took possession of his titular church on 7 June 2014.{{cite web |url=http://sangiacomoroma.blogspot.com/2014/06/una-comunita-in-festa-il-card-chibly.html |title=Una comunita in festa: Il Card. Chibly Langlois prende possesso del Titolo di San Giacomo |trans-title=A community in celebration: Card. Chibly Langlois takes possession of the Title of San Giacomo |date=23 June 2014 |website=San Giacomo in Augusta |language=it |access-date=17 July 2014}} As of February 2023, Langlois is the first and only Haitian cardinal in history.

On 22 May 2014, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Langlois a member of both the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Pontifical Commission for Latin America, and Secretariat for Communications.{{cite web |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/05/22/0365/00822.html |title=Rinunce e nomine |trans-title=Renunciations and nominations |date=22 May 2014 |website=Holy See Press Office |language=it |access-date=17 July 2014}} He is also president of the Haitian Bishops’ Conference.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Langlois was injured during the 2021 Haiti earthquake. He was at the bishop's residence when it partially collapsed during the quake. Langlois survived, but a priest and two employees were killed.{{cite news |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248690/cardinal-injured-priest-dead-after-earthquake-in-haiti |title=Cardinal injured, priest dead after earthquake in Haiti |date=14 August 2021 |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=15 August 2021}} On June 8, 2022, Langlois was injured in a serious car accident.|url=https://aleteia.org/2022/06/09/haitian-cardinal-survivor-of-2021-earthquake-injured-in-car-accident/

References

External links

{{cite web| access-date = 23 November 2017| title= Langlois Card. Chibly |publisher= Holy See Press Office | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_langlois_c.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904064838/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_langlois_c.html }}
[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2014.htm#Langlois LANGLOIS, Chibly] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20171230143942/http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2014.htm%23Bassetti#Langlois |date=2017-12-30 }}
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