Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo (15 December 1932 in
Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe
Sainte-Rose (; ) is a commune in the department of Guadeloupe. It is the second largest commune of Guadeloupe, in terms of area, after Petit-Bourg. Sainte-Rose lies on the coast of the island of Basse-Terre.
Population
Education
Public presch ...
– 28 November 2019 in
Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre (, ; ; ) is a communes of the Guadeloupe department, commune in the France, French overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the ''prefectures in France, pref ...
)
was the
Roman Catholic
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bishop
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of the
Diocese of Basse-Terre in
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...
from 1984 to 2008.
Cabo was ordained a
priest
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in 1964 and on 2 July 1984 succeeded
Siméon Oualli
Siméon Oualli (born 18 February 1928 – 17 March 2002) was a Guadeloupean clergyman and bishop
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as the bishop of Basse-Terre. He retired on 15 May 2008 and was succeeded by the
bishop of Pontoise,
Jean-Yves Riocreux, who was appointed bishop of Basse-Terre in June 2012 and took up the post in September 2012.
References
External links
Diocese of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe Catholic Hierarchy: Ernest Cabo
1932 births
2019 deaths
People from Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Guadeloupe
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Guadeloupe
Roman Catholic bishops of Basse-Terre
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