News
The Church of Haiti keeps its fingers on the pulse of the news today. Whether it's the local affairs of the Metropolitan Archdiocese, or an Ecumenical News matter effecting the Lord's Church, the Metropolitan Archdiocese desires that we be aware of the times that we live in today as we await the return of the Lord Jesus Christ our coming King. Here are several links to websites that key in on the focus of local news around the rest of Haiti and the Christian world. Click on any of these names and you will open the portal of your choosing:
CHURCH UPDATES
1524-2024
The 500th Anniversary of
The
Patriarchate of the West Indies
This May 11th, 2024 Marks The 500th Anniversary of Our Church!!
At the request of King Ferdinand 'The Catholic', king of Spain and the West Indies, the Patriarchate of the West-Indies was reluctantly created in the year 1524 AD by the decree of Pope Clement VII of Rome, the Patriarch of the West. After years of reluctance of the Vatican, the Patriarchate of the West-Indies was created. Pope Clement VII consecrated His Excellency Antonio de Rojas Manrique, the Archbishop of Granada, Spain, to be the 1st Patriarch of the West-Indies
Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique, the 1st Patriarch of the West Indies served from May 24, 1524 - June 27, 1527