Monday, March 9, 2015

New Traditional Friendly Bishop for Martinique

(Paris) The new Archbishop of Fort de France in the French overseas department of Martinique in the Caribbean is the Dominican, David Macaire. Pope Francis appointed the former prior of the Dominican convent of Sainte Baume and exorcist of the Diocese of Frejus-Toulon on 7th of March.
According Riposte Catholique, Archbishop Macaire belongs to a new generation of priests in France. Along the lines of Benedict XVI, he shows sensitivity to the traditional Roman rite. Father Macaire was chaplain of the Catholic Pathfinders and worked closely together with the traditional Bishop Dominique Rey of Frejus-Toulon in Provence.
Colonized in 1635 by France, the area  came under French rule in 1664. Approximately 390,000, of which 85 percent are of black African descent. They came in the 17th / 18th Centuries as slave labor on the plantation systems. Slavery in Martinique was abolished in 1848. In 2010, a majority of the electorate voted against greater independence from France.
In 1850, Pope Pius IX. made the Diocese of Martinique a suffragan of the Archdiocese of French Bordeaux. The diocese comprised the entire island. In 1967 it was raised by Pope Paul VI. to the Archdiocese of Saint Pierre and Fort de France with two suffragan sees in the territory of the other French West Indies.
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image: Riposte Catholique
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11 comments:

  1. susanMarch 9, 2015 at 2:17 PM

    Great....Chicago and San Diego get Bernardin 2 & 3, and Martinique gets a traditional bishop. This is so they can say, "heeeeey, see?...we're making traditional appointments too!" So what's next?...St. Paul/Minneapolis will get a 'lil Mahony, but Liechtenstein will get Schneider?

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    1. AnonymousMarch 10, 2015 at 4:54 AM

      He too probably interprets Vatican Council II with the premise.

      Vatican Council II (premise-free) agrees with the SSPX position on an ecumenism of return and non Christians needing to convert for salvation

      http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2015/03/vatican-council-ii-premise-free-agrees.html

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  2. Kneeling CatholicMarch 9, 2015 at 4:05 PM

    LOL Right, Susan! put the traditional bishops on islands, Martinique, Malta, Molokai (?) or perhaps that big island Antarctica!

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    1. TussaudMarch 9, 2015 at 7:43 PM

      You forgot Malta, Madagascar, and Manitoulin. ;)

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    2. TussaudMarch 9, 2015 at 7:44 PM

      Maybe not Malta... :(

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    3. AnonymousMarch 9, 2015 at 9:15 PM

      These places clearly need the strong men of the New Evangelization.

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    4. AnonymousMarch 9, 2015 at 10:56 PM

      Can somebody sign Bergoglio up for a 3 hour cruise, a 3 hour cruise...

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    5. AthelstaneMarch 9, 2015 at 11:47 PM

      Let's not look a gift horse in the mouth.

      He seems to be a tradition-friendly bishop. That doesn't make Cupich or McElroy good appointments (they're certainly not), but that doesn't mean we can't accept what seems to be good news for Catholics in Martinique.

      In this pontificate, you take the good news where you find it.

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    6. TancredMarch 10, 2015 at 5:49 AM

      Maybe it's exile? J/k

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  3. SomeoneMarch 11, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    Well, with the Holy Father appointing Cardinals from non-traditional sees, and indeed from the very edges of the Church. Perhaps we should pray the holy father gives him a red hat

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    1. TancredMarch 11, 2015 at 7:27 AM

      The funny thing is that this bishop will probably flourish here and get a lot of vocations from Europe as well as locally.

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