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"After years of negotiations, a concordat between the Catholic Church and the Haitian government was signed on 28 March 1860. In December 1860, Monseigneur Monetti arrived as the Church's delegate. Pope Pius IX signed the Concordat with Haiti. The concordat provided that the Catholic Church would have the special protection of the Government.
A cross on Morne Jean []. Haiti is a majority Christian country. Figures in 2020 suggest that 93% of the population belong to a Christian denomination. [1]Haiti saw the introduction of Christianity when Europeans arrived to colonize the island.
Haitian Cardinal Chibly Langlois is president of the National Bishops Conference of the Catholic Church. [ citation needed ] Vodou , a religion with West African roots similar to those of Cuba and Brazil , is formally practiced by 2.1% of the population; however, it is estimated that 50-80% of Haitians incorporate some elements of Vodou belief ...
It is believed that the impact of this speech on the Catholic bureaucracy in Haiti contributed to his removal in 1986. According to the Catholic Church in Haiti, the 10 dioceses of the two ecclesiastical provinces of Haiti include 251 parishes and about 1,500 Christian rural communities. The local clergy has 400 diocesan priests and 300 ...
The Catholic Church in Haiti (Greater Antilles) consists only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal Conference of Haiti , comprising two ecclesiastical provinces , each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishop , with a total of each suffragan dioceses , each headed by a bishop .
On 12 January 2010, Port-au-Prince, Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.0 with a death toll estimated by the Haitian government at over 300,000, and by non-Haitian sources from 50,000 to 220,000. Aftershocks followed, including one of magnitude 5.9.
The Vatican identified Haiti under its colonial name, and sent a bishop under a title used for missionary work, instead one used for interacting with an established Catholic nation. The Vatican’s rejection of Haiti as an independent state further alienated the new nation from the surrounding colonial powers.
James Theodore Augustus Holly (3 October 1829 in Washington, D.C. – 13 March 1911 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) was the first African-American bishop in the Protestant Episcopal church, and spent most of his episcopal career as missionary bishop of Haiti.