Catholicism was introduced in Guadeloupe in 1635, when the island was colonized by
the French. It was first organized as an Apostolic Prefecture and became a Diocese
in 1850.
It was a suffragan of the French Archdiocese of Bordeaux until 1905, when it became
exempt.
Prefect Apostolic
18.. - 1848 ...
Bishops
1850 - 1853 Pierre Marie Gervais Lacarrière 1808 - 1893
1853 - 1860 Théodore Augustin Forcade 1816 - 1885
1860 - 1862 vacant
1862 - 1868 Antoine Boutonnet 1802 - 1868
1868 - 1870 vacant
1870 - 1872 Joseph Clair Reyne 1824 - 1872
1873 - 1883 François Benjamin Joseph Blanger 1821 - 1887
1884 - 1886 Fédéric Henri Oury 1842 - 1909
1886 - 1899 vacant
Apostolic Administrators
188. - 1882 François Laurencin, Titular
Archbishop of Anazarbus in
Cilicia II 1825 - 1892
1892 - 1899 Dominique Clément Marie Soulé,
Titular Bishop of Leontopolis
in ... 1827 - 1919
1899 - 1901 Pierre Marie Avon 1847 - 1901
1901 - 1907 Emmanuel François Canappe 1849 - 1907
1907 - 1912 vacant
1912 - 1945 Pierre Louis Genoud 1860 - 1945
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