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Max Leroy Mésidor
Archbishop of Port-au-Prince
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince
AppointedOctober 7, 2017
InstalledJanuary 6, 2018
Predecessor Guire Poulard
Other post(s)Former Bishop of Fort-Liberté, former Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien
Orders
OrdinationJanuary 10, 1988 [1]
by  Emmanuel Constant [2]
ConsecrationJuly 28, 2012 [2]
by  Bernardito Auza, Chibly Langlois, and Yves-Marie Péan
Personal details
BornJanuary 6, 1962 [1]
NationalityHaitian

Max Leroy Mésidor (born 1962 in Saint-Marc) is a Haitian clergyman of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Port-au-Prince since 2017.

Biography

Mésidor began seminary in the Diocese of Les Gonaïves at the College of the Immaculate Conception, after which he entered the national major seminary in Port-au-Prince. He was ordained in 1988, after which he went to the University of Leuven in Belgium to study pastoral theology and catechesis. [1]

In the Diocese of Les Gonaïves, he held positions at several parishes before becoming the vicar general in 2008. [1]

In 2012, he was named the Bishop of Fort-Liberté. [1]

On November 1, 2013, he was named as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien and became the metropolitan archbishop on November 15, 2014. [1] [2] [3]

On October 7, 2017, he was named the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince. He was installed on January 6, 2018. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va.
  2. ^ a b c d "Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  3. ^ "Port-au-Prince (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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