Catholic Church in Haiti

E51983
Christian religious organization part of the Catholic Church

The Catholic Church in Haiti is the largest Christian religious institution in the country, deeply influential in its social, educational, and political life since colonial times.

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious organization ⓘ
part of the Catholic Church ⓘ
associatedWith Haitian independence era ⓘ
celebratesSacrament Anointing of the Sick ⓘ
Baptism ⓘ
Confirmation ⓘ
Holy Eucharist ⓘ
surface form: Eucharist

Holy Orders ⓘ
Marriage ⓘ
Reconciliation ⓘ
communionWith Holy See ⓘ
country Haiti ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
faced anticlerical policies at various times ⓘ
governedBy Code of Canon Law (1983) ⓘ
surface form: Code of Canon Law
hasClergyType diocesan priests ⓘ
religious order priests ⓘ
hasDevotion Our Lady of Perpetual Help ⓘ
Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasEcclesiasticalProvince Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien ⓘ
surface form: Ecclesiastical province of Cap-Haïtien

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince ⓘ
surface form: Ecclesiastical province of Port-au-Prince
hasLeader Pope ⓘ
hasLocalLeaderTitle archbishop ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
hasPracticeIssue religious syncretism ⓘ
hasReligiousOrder Society of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Jesuits

Salesians of Don Bosco ⓘ
Sisters of Charity ⓘ
Spiritans ⓘ
historicalOriginPeriod French colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: French colonial era
influences Haitian culture ⓘ
Haitian politics ⓘ
Haitian social life ⓘ
interactsWith Haitian Vodou ⓘ
introducedBy French colonizers ⓘ
isLargestChristianBodyIn Haiti ⓘ
majorArchdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince ⓘ
nationalEpiscopalConference Episcopal Conference of Haiti ⓘ
operates Catholic hospitals in Haiti ⓘ
Catholic schools in Haiti ⓘ
orphanages in Haiti ⓘ
participatedIn post-earthquake relief in Haiti after 2010 ⓘ
playsRoleIn education in Haiti ⓘ
health care in Haiti ⓘ
social services in Haiti ⓘ
primaryLanguageUsedInLiturgy French ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
ritualForm Latin Rite ⓘ
subjectTo Treaties of the Holy See ⓘ
surface form: Concordats between Haiti and the Holy See
supremePontiffResidence Vatican City ⓘ
teaches Catholic doctrine ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Collège Saint-Pierre → denomination → Catholic Church in Haiti ⓘ
École Sainte-Croix → denomination → Catholic Church in Haiti ⓘ