Escalante Molina named Haiti Nuncio

Archbishop Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina was named Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent was named Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait in January 2021.

Archbishop Escalante Molina had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of and to Gabon.

Nugent named Kuwait and Qatar Nuncio

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent was named Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla was named Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala in April 2020.

Archbishop Nugent had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti.

Toussaint named Jacmel Bishop

Bishop Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint was named Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Launay Saturné was named Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien in July 2018.

Bishoip Toussaint had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince.

Saturné named Cap-Haïtien Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Launay Saturné was named Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti.

The archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor was named Archbishop of Port-au-Prince in October 2017.

Archbishop-designate Saturné had been serving as Bishop of Jacmel.

Poulard retired, Mésidor named Port-au-Prince Archbishop

Archbishop Guire Poulard retired and Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor was named Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti.

Archbishop Mésidor had been serving as Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien.

Sylvain named Port-au-Prince Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Ducange Sylvain, S.D.B. was named Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti and titular bishop of Novae.

Jean named Hinche Bishop

Bishop-elect Désinord Jean was named Bishop of Hinche, Haïti.

The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. in July 2015.

Nugent named Haiti Nuncio

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent was named Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza was named Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations in July 2014.

Archbishop Nugent had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, to Mauritius, to Seychelles, and Apostolic Delegate to Comoros.

Kébreau retired, Mésidor succeeded as Cap-Haïtien Archbishop

Archbishop Louis Kébreau, S.D.B. retired and Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor succeeded as Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti.

Archbishop Mésidor had been serving as Coadjutor Archbishop of the same archdiocese.

Alphonse named Fort-Liberté Bishop

Bishop Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. was named Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Max Leroy Mésidor was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien in November 2013.

Bishop Alphonse had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince.

Mésidor named Cap-Haïtien Coadjutor

Archbishop-designate Max Leroy Mésidor named Coadjutor Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti.

Archbishop-designate Mésidor had been serving as Bishop of Fort-Liberté.

Lafontant retired as Port-au-Prince Auxiliary

Bishop Joseph Lafontant retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti.

Alphonse named Port-au-Prince Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. was named Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti and titular bishop of Dionysiana.

Mésidor named Fort-Liberté Bishop

Bishop-elect Max Leroy Mésidor was named Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Chibly Langlois was named Bishop of Les Cayes in August 2011.

Langlois named Les Cayes Bishop

Bishop Chibly Langlois was named Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Guire Poulard was named Archbishop of Port-au-Prince in January 2011.

Bishop Langlois had been serving as Bishop of Fort-Liberté.

Toussaint named Port-au-Prince Auxiliary

Bishop-elect Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint was named Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti and titular bishop of Senez.

Poulard named Port-au-Prince Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Guire Poulard was named Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti.

The archdiocese had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot in an earthquake which occurred one year ago on this date.

Archbishop-designate Poulard had been serving as Bishop of Les Cayes.

Saturné named Jacmel Bishop

Bishop-elect Launay Saturné was named Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti.

The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Guire Poulard was named Bishop of Les Cayes in March 2009.

Archbishop Miot Died

Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti, died in yesterday's earthquake.

He was 63 years old and had served as a priest for 34 years and as a bishop for 12 years.

May he rest in peace.

Saint-Hillien named Hinche Bishop

Bishop Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. was named Bishop of Hinche, Haïti.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Louis Kébreau, S.D.B. was named Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien in March 2008.

Bishop Saint-Hillien had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince.