Haitian cardinal to celebrate Mass at Notre Dame d'Haiti

By Communications Department - Archdiocese of Miami

Photographer: ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC

Cardinal Chibly Langlois, bishop of Les Cayes, Haiti, and president of the Haitian bishops' conference, will celebrate Mass with Miami's Haitian community this Sunday, Nov. 23, at 9:30 a.m.

Miami…(November 21, 2014) Haitian Cardinal Chibly Langlois will celebrate his first Mass as cardinal with Miami’s Haitian community this Sunday, Nov. 23, at 9:30 a.m. at Notre Dame d’Haiti, 110 N.E. 62 St., Miami. 

Cardinal Langlois, bishop of the Diocese of Les Cayes, Haiti, is the first Haitian bishop to be named a cardinal. At 55, he was also the youngest of those who were elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Francis on Jan. 12 of this year, and the only one who was not already an archbishop. He received his “red hat” at the Feb. 22 consistory in the Vatican. 

Cardinal Langlois currently serves as president of the Haitian bishops’ conference, a position which frequently brings him to South Florida for meetings of PROCHE — the Partnership for the Reconstruction of the Church in Haiti after the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake. This Sunday’s Mass, however, is his first formal celebration as cardinal with the Haitians living in South Florida. 

Media are welcome to attend. The contact at Notre Dame d’Haiti is Father Reginald Jean-Mary, the church’s pastor: 305-751-6289. 

Media contact: Juan A. Di Prado, Media Coordinator, at (305)762-1046 [email protected], or Mary Ross Agosta, Director of Communications, at (305)762-1043 [email protected].                                                                             

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