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Haiti - FLASH : Rev. Father Sylvain Ducange, new Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince
04/06/2016 06:26:14

Haiti - FLASH : Rev. Father Sylvain Ducange, new Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince
The Apostolic Nunciature in Haiti is pleased to communicate to the Catholic faithful and to all the Haitian people that, wishing to fill the pastoral good of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, the Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop of that diocese, Father Sylvain Ducange, s.d.b., which been so far, Provincial Superior of the Salesians in Haiti.

All the faithful and people of good will are invited to pray for the new Auxiliary Bishop so that the Lord's Spirit can continue to work effectively in the Church, so that, by a wise and fruitful exercise of the Sacred Ministry, our people can find in Christ an abundance of life.

Learn more about the Rev. Father Sylvain Ducange :

The Rev. Father Sylvain Ducange was born April 6, 1963 in Port-au-Prince.

He did his primary education at the School Saint-Esprit and part of secondary education at St. Gabriel School run by the Daughters of Mary in Lascahobas. Entered to the Minor Seminary Salesian, he continued his secondary education at the College Dominique Savio of Pétion-ville.

He entered the pre-novitiate of Don Bosco Salesians in horland and followed Religious Studies courses provided to the juniorists to the Haitian Religious Conference in 1984-1985.

He initiated the Novitiate in Jarabacoa in the Dominican Republic where he made his first vows as a Salesian of Don Bosco (temporary vows) August 16, 1986.

On 19 September 1992 he expressed his perpetual vows in Brussels.

Ordained Deacon June 25, 1994 in Liege (Belgium) in the parish of St. Francis de Sales, he received priestly ordination July 8, 1995 in the Parish of St. Gabriel of Lascahobas.

Higher education :

From 1987 to 1989 he studied Philosophy at the Catholic University Madre y Maestra in Santo Domingo (UCAMAIMA) and took courses in teaching at the Catholic University of Santo Domingo (UCS). After two years of practical training in Cap Haitien to Vincent Foundation (1989-1991), he was sent to Belgium to carry out his studies in Theology at the Institute of Theological Studies (IET) run by the Jesuits in Brussels 1991 in 1994. From 1996 to 1999, he attended the Faculty of Education Sciences of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS) in Rome and obtained a degree in Youth Pastoral.

Responsibilities :

- 1986-1987 : Assistant at the Minor Seminary and Professor at the Dominic Savio College of Pétion-ville.
- 1989-1991 : Director of the Primary School of the Foundation Vincent in Cap Haitien, responsible for the pastoral animation and Foyer des Jeunes
- 1995-1996 : Head of the Youth Center of the Thorland community and Director of the Salesian Bulletin Don Bosco Lakay Nou (DBLN)
- 1998-2004 : Rector of the Salesian Community of Thorland and head of the Pastoral of the Youth Pastoral of Centre
- 1999-2010 : Professor at the Institute of Philosophy St. Francis de Sales 1999-2006: Provincial Delegate for Youth Pastoral
- 2004-2010 : Director / treasurer of the Salesian 2000-2006 Pétionville: Provincial Adviser
- 2006-2007 : Provincial Delegate of the Commission for Training
- 2008-2010 : Director of the Planning Bureau and Development of the Salesian of the Vice Province of Haiti
- January 2010 to January 2016 : Provincial Superior of the Salesian of Don Bosco in Haiti.

He is fluent in Creole, French, Spanish and Italian.

HL/ HaitiLibre

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