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.

[edit] 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 Lafont (2004 - )

See also:List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South America

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