Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne (erected 1651, as the Prefecture Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France
. It was elevated on to the Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne on 10 January 1933 and to the Diocese of Cayenne on 29 February 1956.
See also:List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South America
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The Archdiocese comprises the entirety of the former French dependency of Martinique...
. It was elevated on to the Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne on 10 January 1933 and to the Diocese of Cayenne on 29 February 1956.
Ordinaries
- Giustino Fabre (1923 - 1924)
- Leone Delaval, C.S.Sp. (1925 - 1932)
- Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp. (1933 - 1944)
- Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. (1945 - 1973)
- François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. (1973 - 1998)
- Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé (1998 - 2004)
- Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis LafontEmmanuel Marie Philippe Louis LafontEmmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont has been the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Cayenne in French Guiana since 2004. Lafont was ordained a priest in 1970 and on 18 June 2004 he succeeded Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé as bishop of Cayenne.-External links:*...
(2004 - )
See also:List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South America
External links and references
- Eglise Catholique De Guyane, Diocese De Cayenne official site