Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fort-de-France

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Louis, Fort-de-France, Fort-de-France
Co-Cathedral: Co-cathédrale Notre Dame de l’Assomption, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (48)

Roseau (↑), Castries (↓)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2015.03.07 – ...):

Archbishop David Macaire, O.P. (53)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Roman Rite)

Archbishop David Macaire, O.P. (53)
(2015.03.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

Jesum ostende

Born:	1969.10.20 (Nanterre, France)
Ordained Priest:	2001.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.04.12

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (2015.03.07 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) (2021.05.13 – 2023.04.03)

Archbishop Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville (87)
(2004.01.08 – 2015.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1936.02.04 (Vauclin, Martinique)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.04.18

Priest of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1959.12.20 – 2004.01.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (2004.01.08 – 2015.03.07)

Archbishop Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte
(1972.07.04 – 2004.01.08)

Born:	1928.01.04 (Martinique)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.10.12
Died:	2017.08.27 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Sicilibba (1968.12.19 – 1972.07.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1968.12.19 – 1972.07.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1972.07.04 – 2004.01.08)

Archbishop Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp.
(1967.09.26 – 1972.07.04)

Born:	1900.12.24 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1925.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.01.21
Died:	1983.07.24 († 82)

Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1941.10.24 – 1967.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1967.09.26 – 1972.07.04)

Bishops of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop)
(1941.10.24 – 1967.09.26)

(see above)

Bishop Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien
(1915.03.15 – 1941.01.05)

Born:	1872.09.04 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.07.22
Died:	1941.01.05 († 68)

Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1915.03.15 – 1941.01.05)

Bishop Joseph Félix François Malleret, C.S.Sp.
(1912.02.03 – 1914.06.25)

Born:	1865.07.07 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.03.19
Died:	1914.06.25 († 48)

Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1912.02.03 – 1914.06.25)

Bishop Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont (later Archbishop)
(1902.05.08 – 1911.11.27)

Born:	1847.03.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1876.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.05.01
Died:	1933.04.25 († 86)

Bishop of Saint-Pierre (Martinique) ([1899.12.07] 1899.12.14 – 1902.05.08)

Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1902.05.08 – 1911.11.27)

Bishop of Aire et Dax (France) (1911.11.27 – 1930.12.22)

Titular Archbishop of Brysis (1930.12.22 – 1933.04.25)

Bishops of Saint-Pierre (Roman Rite)

Bishop Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont (later Archbishop)
(1899.12.14 – 1902.05.08)

(see above)

Bishop Étienne-Joseph-Frédéric Tanoux
(1898.03.24 – 1899.11.22)

Born:	1842.10.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1866
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.06.12
Died:	1899.11.22 († 57)

Bishop of Saint-Pierre (Martinique) ([1898.02.05] 1898.03.24 – 1899.11.22)

Bishop Julien-François-Pierre Carmené (later Archbishop)
(1876.01.28 – 1897.08.30)

Born:	1829.02.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1854.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.03.05
Died:	1908.08.23 († 79)

Bishop of Saint-Pierre (Martinique) ([1875.08.24] 1876.01.28 – 1897.08.30)

Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis (1898.03.24 – 1908.08.23)

Bishop Amand-Joseph Fava
(1871.03.06 – 1875.09.23)

Accepit puerum et matrem ejus

Born:	1826.02.10 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1851.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.07.25
Died:	1899.10.17 († 73)

Bishop of Saint-Pierre (Martinique) ([1871.01.25] 1871.03.06 – 1875.09.23)

Bishop of Grenoble (France) ([1875.08.03] 1875.09.23 – 1899.10.17)

Bishop Louis-Martin Porchez
(1858.09.27 – 1860.06.11)

Born:	1805.11.11 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1829
Consecrated Bishop:	1858.11.21
Died:	1860.06.11 († 54)

Bishop of Saint-Pierre (Martinique) ([1858.06.24] 1858.09.27 – 1860.06.11)

Bishop Étienne Jean François Le Herpeur
(1853.09.12 – 1858.04.13)

Born:	1797.02.15 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1820.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.01.05
Died:	1858.04.13 († 61)

Bishop of Martinique (Martinique) ([1850.06.22] 1850.10.03 – 1853.09.12)

Bishop of Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1853.09.12 – 1858.04.13)

Bishops of Martinique (Roman Rite)

Bishop Étienne Jean François Le Herpeur
(1850.10.03 – 1853.09.12)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte (later Archbishop) (1968.12.19 – 1972.07.04)

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Statistics

Area: 1,128 km²

Population: 319,101 Catholics (86.5% of 368,783 total) (2021)

Statistics: 47 parishes, 2 missions, 61 priests (44 diocesan, 17 religious), 11 deacons, 149 religious (33 brothers, 116 sisters), 8 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Notre-Dame de la Délivrance

History

1643: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Îles de la Terre Ferme (français) / Isole e di Terraferma (Italiano)
1731: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of French Guiana
1850.09.27: Promoted as Diocese of Martinique (français) / Martinica (Italiano) / Martinicen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre and became suffragan of Bordeaux)
1853.09.12: Renamed as Diocese of Saint-Pierre (français) / Sancti Petri (Latin)
1902.05.08: Renamed as Diocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (français) / Arcis Gallicæ–Sancti Petri (Latin)
1967.09.26: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (français) / Arcis Gallicæ–Sancti Petri (Latin) (with suffragan sees Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre and Cayenne)