Emmanuel Constant (bishop)
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Bishop Emmanuel Constant (January 5, 1928 - June 16, 2009). Born in Port-au-Prince
he was ordained priest on July 12, 1953. Pope Paul VI
appointed him Bishop of Les Gonaïves
.He was consecrated by Bishop Antonio Samoré as part of the indigenisation of the Haitian clergy. He served as bishop 37 years and retired on July 30, 2003 after reaching the age limit. Bishop Constant died on June 16, 2009 in Port-au-Prince
of cancer.
Emmanuel Constant
Emmanuel Constant is the founder of FRAPH, a Haitian death squad organized in mid-1993 to terrorize supporters of exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide....
Bishop Emmanuel Constant (January 5, 1928 - June 16, 2009). Born in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
he was ordained priest on July 12, 1953. Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI
Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...
appointed him Bishop of Les Gonaïves
Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Gonaïves
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Gonaïves is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien.-Ordinaries:*Joseph-François-Marie Julliot *Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert...
.He was consecrated by Bishop Antonio Samoré as part of the indigenisation of the Haitian clergy. He served as bishop 37 years and retired on July 30, 2003 after reaching the age limit. Bishop Constant died on June 16, 2009 in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
of cancer.