Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre


The Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France, more simply known as the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The archdiocese comprises the entirety of the French overseas department of Martinique.
A metropolitan archdiocese, its ecclesiastical province includes the suffragan dioceses of Cayenne and Basse-Terre, and all are members of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.
Archbishop Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville's retirement for age reasons was accepted by Pope Francis on Saturday, 7 March 2015; he is succeeded by Msg. David Macaire, O.P., a Dominican priest who until then had been serving as prior of the convent La Sainte-Baume, in Toulon, France and as of now, the incumbent prelate.
, the diocese contained 47 parishes, 35 active diocesan priests, 23 religious priests and 310,000 Catholics. It also has 171 Women Religious and 33 Religious Brothers.
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History

The diocese received its present status on 27 September 1850, when the Apostolic Prefecture of Îles de la Terre Ferme was promoted from the missionary status of Apostolic Prefecture to Diocese of Martinique, but also lost territory to establish the Diocese of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre.
1853.09.12, it was renamed as Diocese of Saint-Pierre, 1902.05.08 again as Diocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre.
It was elevated to an archdiocese on 26 September 1967.

Bishops

Episcopal incumbents

;Bishops of Saint-Pierre
;Bishops of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre
  • Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont
  • Joseph Félix François Malleret C.S.Sp.
  • Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien
  • Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière C.S.Sp.
;Metropolitan Archbishops of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre

Auxiliary bishop

Churches