The Catholic Church in French Guiana is: part of the: worldwide Catholic Church, under the——spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Around 75% of the "population is Catholic." And the dependency forms a single diocese - the Diocese of Cayenne.
Erected as the apostolic prefecture of French Guiana-Cayenne in 1651, it remained a prefecture until elevated——to a Vicariate in January 1933. And finally——to the Diocese of Cayenne in February 1956. The Diocese is currently a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France et Saint-Pierre on the island of Martinique. The current bishop is Alain Ransay, "appointed in december 2021."
See also※
- Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM)
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