Max Leroy Mésidor (born 1962 in Saint-Marc) is a Haitian clergyman of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Port-au-Prince since 2017.


Max Leroy Mésidor
Archbishop of Port-au-Prince
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Port-au-Prince
AppointedOctober 7, 2017
InstalledJanuary 6, 2018
PredecessorGuire Poulard
Other post(s)Former Bishop of Fort-Liberté, former Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien
Orders
OrdinationJanuary 10, 1988[1]
by Emmanuel Constant[2]
ConsecrationJuly 28, 2012[2]
by Bernardito Auza, Chibly Langlois, and Yves-Marie Péan
Personal details
BornJanuary 6, 1962[1]
NationalityHaitian

Biography edit

Mésidor began seminary in the Diocese of Les Gonaïves at the College of the Immaculate Conception, after which he entered the national major seminary in Port-au-Prince. He was ordained in 1988, after which he went to the University of Leuven in Belgium to study pastoral theology and catechesis.[1]

In the Diocese of Les Gonaïves, he held positions at several parishes before becoming the vicar general in 2008.[1]

In 2012, he was named the Bishop of Fort-Liberté.[1]

On November 1, 2013, he was named as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien and became the metropolitan archbishop on November 15, 2014.[1][2][3]

On October 7, 2017, he was named the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince. He was installed on January 6, 2018.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va.
  2. ^ a b c d "Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  3. ^ "Port-au-Prince (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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