Diocese of Port-Louis, Mauritius

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Louis, Port-Louis, Port Louis, Mauritius

Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (↙), Rodrigues (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.05.19 – ...):

Bishop-elect Jean Michaël Durhône (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Port-Louis (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Jean Michaël Durhône (49)
(2023.05.19 – ...)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Born:	1973.06.05 (Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius)
Ordained Priest:	2005.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.08.20

General Secretary of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2019 – 2023.05.19)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (2023.05.19 – ...)

Cardinal Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp. (81)
(1993.02.15 – 2023.05.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia
President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean
Bishop emeritus of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Pousse vers le large

Born:	1941.07.19 (Moka, Mauritius)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.05.19
Created Cardinal:	2016.11.19

Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1991.01.21 – 1993.02.15)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1993.02.15 – 2023.05.19)

President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (1996 – 2002)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2006.05.15 – 2012.09.09)

President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2012.09.09 – 2016.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia (2016.11.19 [2018.11.25] – ...)

President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2020 – ...)

Cardinal Jean Margéot
(1969.02.06 – 1993.02.15)

Non ministrari sed ministrare

Born:	1916.02.03 (Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius)
Ordained Priest:	1938.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.05.04
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28
Died:	2009.07.17 (Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius † 93)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1969.02.06 – 1993.02.15)

President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (1986 – 1989)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988.06.28 – 2009.07.17)

Bishop Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp.
(1949.12.19 – 1968.04.23)

Born:	1900.04.14 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1929.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.10.12
Died:	1986.05.03 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Drivastum (1947.03.13 – 1949.12.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1947.03.13 – 1949.12.19)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1949.12.19 – 1968.04.23)

Titular Bishop of Summa (1968.04.23 – 1970.12.07)

Archbishop Jacques Leen, C.S.Sp.
(1926.04.16 – 1949.12.19)

Born:	1888.01.01 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1920.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.09.13
Died:	1949.12.19 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1925.07.15 – 1926.04.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1925.07.15 – 1926.04.16)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1926.04.16 – 1949.12.19)

Titular Archbishop of Phasis (1933.08.01 – 1949.12.19)

Archbishop ad personam (1933.08.01 – 1949.12.19)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Murphy, C.S.Sp.
(1916.07.08 – 1926.04.16)

Born:	1854.06.24 (Ireland)
Died:	1926.04.16 († 71)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1916.07.08 – 1926.04.16)

Bishop James Romanus Bilsborrow, E.B.C. (later Archbishop)
(1910.09.13 – 1916.02.07)

Born:	1862.08.27 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1889.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.02.24
Died:	1931.06.19 († 68)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1910.09.13 – 1916.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) (1916.02.07 – 1920.12.16)

Titular Archbishop of Cius (1920.12.16 – 1931.06.19)

Bishop Peter Augustine O’Neill, O.S.B.
(1896.05.22 – 1909.11.26)

Born:	1841.12.22 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1867.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.06.29
Died:	1911.11.06 († 69)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1896.05.22 – 1909.11.26)

Titular Bishop of Isionda (1909.11.26 – 1911.11.06)

Archbishop Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin, S.J.
(1887.09.27 – 1895.06.01)

Born:	1825.06.23 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1848.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.02.02
Died:	1895.06.01 († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Bombay (India) (1867.03.27 – 1886.09.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Poona (India) (1867.03.27 – 1886.09.01)

Titular Bishop of Ascalon (1867.03.27 – 1887.09.15)

Titular Archbishop of Nisibis (1887.09.15 – 1887.09.27)

Archbishop-Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1887.09.27 – 1895.06.01)

Bishop William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1871.12.22 – 1887.09.27)

Born:	1828.07.07 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1850.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.02.11
Died:	1908.05.07 († 79)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1871.12.22 – 1887.09.27)

Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus (1888.09.08 – 1908.05.07)

Bishop Michael Adrian Hankinson, O.S.B.
(1863.09.28 – 1870.09.21)

Born:	1817.09.29 (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1863.12.27
Died:	1870.09.21 († 52)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1863.09.28 – 1870.09.21)

Bishop William Bernard Allen Collier, O.S.B.
(1847.12.07 – 1863.09.15)

Born:	1802 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1826
Consecrated Bishop:	1840.05.03
Died:	1890.11.21 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Milevum (1840.02.14 – 1847.12.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Mauritius (Mauritius) (1840.02.14 – 1847.12.07)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1847.12.07 – 1863.09.15)

Titular Bishop of Druzipara (1863.09.15 – 1890.11.21)

Vicars Apostolic of Mauritius (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Bernard Allen Collier, O.S.B.
(1840.02.14 – 1847.12.07)

(see above)

Bishop William Placid Morris, O.S.B.
(1837.06.06 – 1840)

Born:	1794.09.29 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1818.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1832.02.05
Died:	1872.02.18 († 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories (Mauritius) (1831.08.09 – 1837.06.06)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1831.08.09 – 1872.02.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Mauritius (Mauritius) (1837.06.06 – 1840)

Vicars Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Placid Morris, O.S.B.
(1831.08.09 – 1837.06.06)

(see above)

Bishop Edward Bede Slater, O.S.B.
(1818.06.18 – 1831)

Born:	1774 (England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.06.28
Died:	1832.07.15 († 58)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories (Mauritius) (1818.06.18 – 1831)

Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (1818.06.18 – 1832.07.15)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp. (81) (later Cardinal) (1991.01.21 – 1993.02.15)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. (1947.03.13 – 1949.12.19)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jacques Leen, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop) (1925.07.15 – 1926.04.16)

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Statistics

Area: 1,882 km²

Population: 331,713 Catholics (26.0% of 1,275,820 total) (2020)

Statistics: 42 parishes, 87 priests (42 diocesan, 45 religious), 5 deacons, 218 lay religious (60 brothers, 158 sisters), 5 seminarians (2020)

History

1818.06.08: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories (English) / Cap de Bonne Espérance et les territoires adjacents (français) / Capo di Buona Speranza e territori adiacenti (Italiano) (from Diocese of Tomé and Territorial Prelature of Mozambique)
1819.04.04: Gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of New Holland
1829: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon
1834.06.03: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land
1837.06.06: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mauritius (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope and Saint Helena Island)
1847.12.07: Promoted as Diocese of Port-Louis / Portus Ludovici (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
1852.11.26: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Seychelles
2002.10.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Rodrigues

Diocese of

Port-Louis

Mauritius , British Indian Ocean Territory