Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre
Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis Diocèse de Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Guadeloupe, France
Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 27 September 1850 (173 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Philippe Guiougou |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | David Macaire |
| Bishops emeritus | Jean-Yves Riocreux Bishop Emeritus (2012-2021) |
| Website | |
| www.catholique-guadeloupe.info | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre (
Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean
.
The diocese comprises the entirety of the French
Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, and both are members of the Antilles Episcopal Conference
.
Its cathedral, dedicated to
minor basilica, is hence known as the Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe de Basse-Terre or the Basse-Terre Cathedral
.
History
It was erected in 1850, as the Diocese of Guadeloupe and Basse-Terre, on territory split off from the then
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France
), its present Metropolitan.
The bishopric was renamed in 1951 to the present name, Diocese of Basse-Terre. Also on 19 July 1951, it was united with the thus suppressed diocese of
Grande Terre
, which still has its former cathedral of St. Peter and Paul), so its incumbents' (rarely used) full title is bishop of Basse-Terre-Pointe-à-Pitre.
Bishops
All Latin (Roman Rite). Most bishops were secular; a few belonged to specified religious congregations.
Incumbent ordinaries
- Bishops of Guadeloupe and Basse-Terre
- Pierre-Marie-Gervais Lacarrière (1850–1853)
- Théodore-Augustin Forcade, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (1853–1861), appointed Bishop of Nevers
- Antoine Boutonnet (1862–1868)
- Joseph-Clair Reyne (1869–1872)
- François-Benjamin-Joseph Blanger (1873–1883), appointed Bishop of Limoges
- Fédéric-Henri Oury (1884–1886), appointed Bishop of Fréjus
- Pierre-Marie Avon (1899–1901)
- Emmanuel-François Canappe (1901–1907)
- Holy Ghost Fathers(C.S.Sp.) (1912–1945)
- Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. (1945–see below)
- Bishops of Basse-Terre(-Pointe-à-Pitre)
- Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. (as above–1968)
- Siméon Oualli (1970–1984)
- Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo(1984–2008)
- Jean-Yves Riocreux (2012–2021)
Coadjutor bishop
- Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. (1943–1945)
Auxiliary bishop
- Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo(1983–1984), appointed bishop here
See also
Sources and external links
- Diocèse de Guadeloupe Archived 2016-12-26 at the Wayback Machine official site (in French)
- GigaCatholic, with incumbent biographies
- "Diocese of Basse-Terre". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
| Province of Besançon | |
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| Province of Bordeaux | |
| Province of Clermont | |
| Province of Dijon | |
| Province of Lille | |
| Province of Lyon | |
| Province of Marseille | |
| Province of Montpellier | |
| Province of Paris | |
| Province of Poitiers | |
| Province of Reims | |
| Province of Rennes | |
| Province of Rouen | |
| Province of Toulouse | |
| Province of Tours | |
| Province of Martinique | |
| Province of Papeete | |
| Province of Noumea | |
| Directly under Holy See | |
| Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics | |
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