Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre

Diocese of Basse-Terre
Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis
Diocèse de Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre

Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe
Location
Country Guadeloupe
Ecclesiastical province Province of Fort-de-France
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fort-de-France
Coordinates 15°59′45″N 61°43′47″W / 15.9959°N 61.7298°W / 15.9959; -61.7298Coordinates: 15°59′45″N 61°43′47″W / 15.9959°N 61.7298°W / 15.9959; -61.7298
Statistics
Area 1,780 km2 (690 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
467,000
390,000 (83.5%)
Parishes 42
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 27 September 1850 (165 years ago)
Cathedral Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Jean-Yves Riocreux
Emeritus Bishops Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo Bishop Emeritus (1984-2008)
Website
www.catholique-guadeloupe.info

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre(-Pointe-à-Pitre) (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 French overseas department of Guadeloupe, one of the Leeward Lesser Antilles. The diocese is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, and both are members of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

Its cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe (the island's eponymous 'Mexican' patron saint), which has the status of a minor basilica, is hence known as the Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe, at Basse-Terre.

History

It was erected in 1850, as the Diocese of Guadeloupe and Basse-Terre, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Prefecture of Îles de la Terre Ferme (an Antillian missionary jurisdiction, which was promoted to diocese of Martinique and meanwhile became the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France), its present Metropolitan.

The bishopric was renamed in 1951 to the present name, Diocese of Basse-Terre. Also on 1951.07.19, it was united with the thus suppressed diocese of Pointe-à-Pitre (on Grande Terre, which still has its former cathedral of St. Peter and Paul), so its incumbents' (rarely used) full title is bishop of Basse-Terre-Pointe-à-Pitre.

Incumbent Ordinaries

All Latin (Roman Rite). Most bishops were secular, a few belonged to specified religious congregations

Bishops of Guadeloupe and Basse-Terre
Bishops of Basse-Terre(-Pointe-à-Pitre)

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