Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre

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Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France Archidioecesis Sancti Petri et Arcis Gallicae Archidiocèse de Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France
Archbishop Emeritus (2015-)
Website
martinique.catholique.fr

The Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France (

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A metropolitan archdiocese, its ecclesiastical province includes the suffragan dioceses of Cayenne and Basse-Terre, and all are members of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

Archbishop

and as of now, the incumbent prelate.

As of 2006^[update], the diocese contained 47 parishes, 35 active diocesan priests, 23 religious priests and 310,000 Catholics. It also has 171 Women Religious and 33 Religious Brothers.^{[citation needed]}

History

The diocese received its present status on 27 September 1850, when the

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1853.09.12, it was renamed as Diocese of Saint-Pierre, 1902.05.08 again as Diocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre.

It was elevated to an archdiocese on 26 September 1967.

Bishops

Episcopal incumbents

Bishops of Saint-Pierre

• Etienne Jean François Le Herpeur (1850–1858; till 1853 as Bishop of Martinique)
• Louis-Martin Porchez (1858–1860)
• Amand-Joseph Fava (1871–1875)
• Julien-François-Pierre Carmené (1875–1897)
• Étienne-Joseph-Frédéric Tanoux (1898–1899)
• Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont (1899–1902 see below)

Bishops of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre

• Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont (see above 1902–1911)
• C.S.Sp.
  (1912–1914)
• Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien (1915–1941)
• Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière C.S.Sp. (1941–1967 see below)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre

• Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière C.S.Sp. (see above 1967–1972)
• Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte (1972–2004)
• Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville (2004–2015)
• David Macaire, O.P. (7 March 2015–present)^[1]

Auxiliary bishop

• Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte (1968-1972), appointed Archbishop here

Churches

• Our Lady of the Assumption Church at Sainte-Marie, Martinique

Notes

References

• GigaCatholic, with episcopal incumbent biographies
• Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Martinique" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

External links

• Official website