Diocese of Cayenne (Cajenna)

Historical Details

• Prefecture Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne
  • Latin Name: Guyanae Gallicae o Cajennae
  • Erected: 1651
  • Country: French Guyana
  • Region: Antilles (West Indies)

• Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne
  • Latin Name: Guyanae Gallicae o Cajennae
  • Elevated: 10 January 1933
  • Vicariate
  • Country: French Guyana
  • Region: Antilles (West Indies)

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Louis de Vilette (Villette), S.J. † ( 1731 Appointed - 1736 Resigned)
• Pierre de la Raffinie, S.J. † ( 1736 Appointed - 1741 Died)
• Philippe d’Huberland, S.J. † ( 1746 Appointed - 1760 Resigned)
• Henri Ghuez, S.J. † ( 1761 Appointed - 1762 Resigned)
• Antoine Fleury † ( 1762 Appointed - 1764 Resigned)
• Alexis Ruel, S.J. † ( 1762 Appointed - 1762 Resigned)
• Alexis Ruel, S.J. † ( 1764 Appointed - 1769 Resigned)
• Charles Louis Joseph Destable † ( 1769 Appointed - 1771 Resigned)
• Maurice Poussin † ( 1771 Appointed - 1775 Resigned)
• Charles Robillard † ( 1775 Appointed - 1777 Resigned)
• Louis François Radel † ( 1777 Appointed - 1786 Died)
• [Nicolas Jacquemin] † (13 Mar 1787 Appointed - 2 Jun 1791 Resigned)
• [Nicolas Jacquemin] † (2 Jun 1791 Appointed - 4 Feb 1798 Ordained Bishop, Bishop of [Cayenne (Constitutional)])
• Philippe Legrand † ( 1792 Appointed - 1818 Died)
• Paul Nicolas Guillier † ( 1818 Appointed - Apr 1847 Died)
• Jean Dossat † (12 Jul 1848 Appointed - 1868 Died)
• Olivier Hervé, C.S.Sp. † ( 1869 Appointed - 1871 Resigned)
• Joseph Guyodo, C.S.Sp. † ( 1872 Appointed - 1873 Resigned)
• Ambroise Emonet, C.S.Sp. † ( 1873 Appointed - 1882 Resigned)
• Joseph Guyodo, C.S.Sp. † ( 1881 Appointed - 3 May 1892 Resigned)
• Louis Pignol † ( 1892 Appointed - 1904 Resigned)
• Marcel-Arthur Béguin † ( 1904 Appointed - 1911 Resigned)
• Eugène Justin Fabre (Favre) † (Jan 1914 Appointed - 1924 Resigned)
• Léon Delaval, C.S.Sp. † (15 Jan 1925 Appointed - 11 Nov 1931 Died)
• Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp. † (10 Jan 1933 Appointed - 16 Sep 1944 Died)
• Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. † (12 Jan 1945 Appointed - 1 Mar 1973 Retired)
• François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. † (1 Mar 1973 Appointed - 1998 Resigned)
• Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé (27 Jun 1998 Appointed - 18 Jun 2004 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Nice)
• Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont (18 Jun 2004 Appointed - 26 Oct 2020 Retired)
• Alain René Ransay (10 Dec 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne
1950	7,000	23,000	30.4%	6	16	22	318			71	18	ap1951
Diocese of Cayenne (Cajenna)
1959	30,000	35,000	85.7%	6	18	24	1,250		20	82	17	ap1960
1966	31,000	36,000	86.1%	5	16	21	1,476		20	87	15	ap1967
1970	40,000	44,000	90.9%	4	22	26	1,538		24	91	21	ap1971
1976	45,000	55,000	81.8%	8	21	29	1,551		22	103	20	ap1977
1980	50,000	64,000	78.1%	8	19	27	1,851		22	96	26	ap1981
1990	85,000	110,000	77.3%	6	21	27	3,148	1	27	105	25	ap1991
1999	150,000	200,000	75.0%	6	29	35	4,285	5	31	72	23	ap2000
2000	150,000	200,000	75.0%	6	29	35	4,285	5	32	74	23	ap2001
2001	150,000	200,000	75.0%	7	27	34	4,411	5	30	73	23	ap2002
2002	150,000	200,000	75.0%	7	24	31	4,838	5	26	73	23	ap2003
2003	150,000	200,000	75.0%	7	24	31	4,838	6	26	73	23	ap2004
2004	150,000	200,000	75.0%	12	19	31	4,838	7	21	70	23	ap2005
2006	150,000	200,000	75.0%	12	16	28	5,357	4	18	70	26	ap2007
2013	188,000	260,000	72.3%	11	25	36	5,222	9	30	25	28	ap2014
2016	200,000	300,000	66.7%	7	24	31	6,451	7	29	23	26	ap2017
2019	201,600	302,400	66.7%	7	24	31	6,503	7	29	23	26	ap2020
2021	213,420	303,600	70.3%	15	30	45	4,742	11	34	24	27	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. (Apostolic Administrator: 7 Apr 2021 to 6 Feb 2022)
• Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont (Bishop: 18 Jun 2004 to 26 Oct 2020)
• Alain René Ransay (Bishop: 10 Dec 2021 - )
• Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé (Bishop: 27 Jun 1998 to 18 Jun 2004)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Marcel-Arthur Béguin † (Prefect: 1904 to 1911)
• Léon Delaval, C.S.Sp. † (Prefect: 15 Jan 1925 to 11 Nov 1931)
• Charles Louis Joseph Destable † (Prefect: 1769 to 1771)
• Jean Dossat † (Prefect: 12 Jul 1848 to 1868)
• Ambroise Emonet, C.S.Sp. † (Prefect: 1873 to 1882)
• Eugène Justin Fabre (Favre) † (Apostolic Administrator: 1911; Prefect: Jan 1914 to 1924)
• Antoine Fleury † (Prefect: 1762 to 1764)
• Henri Ghuez, S.J. † (Prefect: 1761 to 1762)
• Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp. † (Vicar Apostolic: 10 Jan 1933 to 16 Sep 1944)
• Paul Nicolas Guillier † (Prefect: 1818 to Apr 1847)
• Joseph Guyodo, C.S.Sp. † (Pro-Prefect: 1872 to 1873; Prefect: 1885 to 3 May 1892)
• Olivier Hervé, C.S.Sp. † (Prefect: 1869 to 1871)
• Philippe d’Huberland, S.J. † (Prefect: 1746 to 1760)
• [Nicolas Jacquemin] † (Prefect: 13 Mar 1787 to 2 Jun 1791)
• Pierre de la Raffinie, S.J. † (Prefect: 1736 to 1741)
• Philippe Legrand † (Prefect: 1792 to 1818)
• Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. † (Vicar Apostolic: 12 Jan 1945; Bishop: 29 Feb 1956 to 1 Mar 1973)
• François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. † (Bishop: 1 Mar 1973 to 1998)
• Louis Pignol † (Prefect: 1892 to 1904)
• Maurice Poussin † (Prefect: 1771 to 1775)
• Louis François Radel † (Prefect: 1777 to 1786)
• Charles Robillard † (Prefect: 1775 to 1777)
• Alexis Ruel, S.J. † (Prefect: 1762 to 1762)
• Louis de Vilette (Villette), S.J. † (Prefect: 1731 to 1736)

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