Diocese of Basse-Terre
Imae Telluris
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
The Diocese of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-a-Pitre) is a Latin rite see erected in 1951 covering Guadeloupe in the French Antilles. Its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe in Basse-Terre. Bishop Philippe Guiougou, a Guadeloupe native, was appointed by Pope Francis on 3 April 2023 and ordained bishop on 9 July 2023, ending a two-year vacancy.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 July 1951
- Latin
- Imae Telluris
- Annuario code
- 001000848
The bishop
- Bishop
- Philippe Guiougou
- Born
- 8 June 1973
- Birthplace
- Pointe-à-Pitre
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre stands in Basse-Terre, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.