Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre (Latin: Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis) is a diocese of the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese comprises the entirety of the former French dependency of Guadaloupe. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, and is a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

Erected in 1850 from the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, as the Diocese of Guadaloupe and Basse-terre, the diocese was renamed in 1951 to the Diocese of Basse-terre.

[edit] Ordinaries

  • Pierre-Marie-Gervais Lacarrière (1850 - 1853)
  • Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. (1853 - 1860)
  • Antoine Boutonnet (1862 - 1868)
  • Joseph-Clair Reyne (1869 - 1872)
  • François-Benjamin-Joseph Blanger (1873 - 1883)
  • Fédéric-Henri Oury (1884 - 1886)
  • Pierre-Marie Avon (1899 - 1901)
  • Emmanuel-François Canappe (1901 - 1907)
  • Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp. (1912 - 1945)
  • Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. (1945 - 1968)
  • Siméon Oualli (1970 - 1984)
  • Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo (1984 - )

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