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Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
A Creole diocesan priest, Fr. Manuel Moralès, is assassinated at the age of 83. In August, a group of young adults, men and women, takes part in the Jubilee World…
May 14, 2000
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Guadeloupe
A demonstration at Basse-Terre by at least 12,000 Christians in support of the Association for homeless children in danger of abuse. In August of the same year, 231 boys and…
March 16, 1997
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Guadeloupe
Opening of the diocesan Synod in the cathedral of Basse-Terre which will last for two years. The closure is in the velodrome of Gourde Liane at Baie-Mahault.
December 12, 1993
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Guadeloupe
Small Christian communities become a priority in the pastoral plan.
November 18, 1986
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Guadeloupe
February 11, 1983
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Guadeloupe
A delegation goes to Rome for the beatification of Mère Anne-Marie Javouhey, the founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny. Her first missionaries arrived in Guadeloupe in 1822…
June 21, 1959
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Guadeloupe
There are 61 priests in the diocese: 22 seculars and 39 Spiritans.
June 16, 1939
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Guadeloupe
The ordination of Georges Magloire who came from Les Saintes on the island.
April 26, 1932
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Guadeloupe
Centenary of the arrival of the Sisters of St. Joseph de Cluny. It was also the year of the worst cyclone of the century.
February 21, 1928
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Martinique
Propaganda asks the Congregation to assume responsibility for the old colonial dioceses of Martinique, Guadeloupe and Reunion, as well as the Apostolic Prefectures of St. Pierre & Miquelon and French…
March 4, 1912
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Guadeloupe
Propaganda confides the diocese to the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Mgr. Pierre Genoud is the first bishop, from 1913 to 1945. In 1910 there were 2 Spiritan priests, in…
February 5, 1912
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Guadeloupe
As a result of the law separating Church and State, nurseries, orphanages, hospices and prison infirmaries are closed and 100 sisters are left without work.
April 16, 1907
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Guadeloupe
Henceforth, the diocese of Guadeloupe is no longer dependent on the diocese of Bordeaux but directly on the Propaganda Fide in Rome.
May 19, 1905
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Guadeloupe
The population of Guadeloupe is a little over 110,000 and there are 85 priests to minister to them, i.e. 1 priest per 1,650 people. (The figure in 2000 is 1…
February 13, 1877
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Guadeloupe
A devastating cyclone is followed by a cholera epidemic. There are 6,000 victims in the region of Basse Terre alone.
April 9, 1865
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Guadeloupe
The first diocesan synod takes place.
April 13, 1859
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Guadeloupe
Four Sisters of Saint-Paul de Chartres go to the camp of Désirade for lepers. Sr. Elisa Brière will work there for the next 35 years.
March 28, 1858
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Guadeloupe
Mgr. Lacarri"re sets out for Guade-loupe and Mgr. Leherpeur for Martinique. They are the first bishops of the new "colonial" dioceses, the creation of which was one of the last…
March 14, 1851
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Guadeloupe & Martinique
The Apostolic Pre-fectures of Basse-Terre and Martinique become dioceses by decision of Pope Pius IX.
September 27, 1850
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