1913. Transfer of the ashes of President Leconte to Cap-Haitien.
(See: 10 August 1911; 8 August 1911).
1966. Episcopal consecration of the Haitian Bishops.
The ceremony took place at the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince. It was presided over by the
Secretary of the Congregations for Ecclesiastical Affairs, Cardinal Antonio
Samoré assisted by the MGRs Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. and Rémy Augustin,
S.M.M.
For the first time since the signing of the Concordat, threads emerged from
The entrails of our people take on the spiritual responsibility of the dioceses
from Haiti and effectively become leaders...”
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Monsignor François W. Ligondé in his speech after the swearing-in
constitutional on October 25, 1966, cited by François Duvalier in the Memoirs
of a leader, p. 263.