Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel

Diocese of Jacmel Dioecesis Iacmeliensis
Location
Country	Haiti
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Port-au-Prince
Metropolitan	Jacmel
Statistics
Area	2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2008) 510,257 331,667 (65%)
Parishes	25
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 February 1988 (33 years ago)
Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	[Marie Erick Glandas Toussaint]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel (Latin: 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)^[1]
• Launay Saturné (28 April 2010 - 16 July 2018, appointed Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien)^[2]
• 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[]

External links and references[]

• "Diocese of Jacmel". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
• "Diocèse de Jacmel". Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
• "Diocèse de Jacmel". Archived from the original on 2002-02-13. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
• GCatholic.org page for Diocese of Jacmel

Coordinates: 18°14′06″N 72°32′07″W / 18.2349°N 72.5352°W / 18.2349; -72.5352

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