Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel
{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Haiti}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Diocese
| name = Jacmel
| latin = Dioecesis Iacmeliensis
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| country = {{flag|Haiti}}
| metropolitan = Jacmel
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| province = Province of Port-au-Prince
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| area_km2 = 2,700
| population = 510,257
| population_as_of = 2008
| catholics = 331,667
| catholics_percent = 65
| parishes = 25
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| denomination = Roman Catholic
| rite = Latin Rite
| established = 25 February 1988 ({{age|1988|2|25}} years ago)
| cathedral = Cathedral of St. James and St. Philip
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| bishop_title = Bishop
| bishop = Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Iacmeliensis}}), erected 25 February 1988, is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.
The diocese began with ten priests, and in 2007 had over fifty. Some have been sent as missionaries to such places as Brazil and Quebec.
Bishops
=Ordinaries=
- Guire Poulard (25 February 1988 - 9 March 2009, appointed Bishop of Les Cayes){{cite press release |publisher= Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/03/09/0154/00372.html | language =it | accessdate = 8 December 2018 | date= 9 March 2009| title = Rinunce e nomine, 09.03.2009}}
- Launay Saturné (28 April 2010 - 16 July 2018, appointed Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien){{cite press release |publisher= Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/07/16/0538/01170.html | language =it | accessdate = 8 December 2018 | date= 16 July 2018 | title = Rinunce e nomine, 16.07.2018}}
- Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint (8 December 2018)
=Other priest of this diocese who became bishop=
- Chibly Langlois, appointed Bishop of Fort-Liberté in 2004; future Cardinal
References
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External links and references
- {{cite web|title = Diocese of Jacmel|work=Catholic-Hierarchy|url =http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djacm.html|accessdate=2007-03-02}}
- {{cite web|title=Diocèse de Jacmel|work=Official website|url=http://www.djacmel.org/|accessdate=2007-07-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103622/http://www.djacmel.org/|archivedate=2007-09-28}}
- {{cite web|title = Diocèse de Jacmel|url = http://pirate.shu.edu/~jazonyva/|accessdate = 2007-07-22|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020213025404/http://pirate.shu.edu/~jazonyva/|archivedate = 2002-02-13}}
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jacm0.htm GCatholic.org page for Diocese of Jacmel]
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Category:Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Port-au-Prince
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