Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Port-de-Paix, Diocese of

PORTO PACE (PORT-DE-PAIX), DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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PORT-DE-PAIX, DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese of the Republic of Haiti, suffragan of the archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, capital of the department of Nord-Ouest.

It has an area of 3,600 sq km with a population of 180,000 inhabitants, of whom 160,000 are Catholics distributed in 49 churches and 10 parishes, served by 24 regular priests; it has 1 male religious community and 7 female ones, 1 institute of male education and 5 female ones (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 326).

The diocese was created on 3 Oct. 1861 by Pope Pius IX; but the erection took place only in 1928.

Bibliography

BIBL.: anon., Port-de-Paix, in Enc. Eur. Am., XLVI, p. 610.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1811.

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Josi, Enrico. “Porto Pace (Port-De-Paix), diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1811. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/porto-pace-port-de-paix-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Porto Pace (Port-De-Paix), diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1811. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/porto-pace-port-de-paix-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Porto Pace (Port-De-Paix), diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1811},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/porto-pace-port-de-paix-diocesi-di}
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