Ephemeris of the day: National holidays, events marking the history of Haiti, proverbs… the online agency Juno7 brings you a refresher of your memory. It is Monday April 8, 2024.
April 8, 1859: Birth of Michel Oreste
Born in Jacmel, Michel Oreste elected president of Haiti by the national assembly on May 4, 1913 was the first president who never wore a military uniform. Under pressure from the Cacos, he withdrew on January 27, 1914 and took the path of exile. He spent his last days in New York where he died on October 29, 1918.
April 8, 2002: Inauguration of a free zone project on the Haitian-Dominican border
This project, officially inaugurated by the Haitian and Dominican presidents, Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Hipolito Mejia, in the Marie-Bahoux plain in Ouanaminthe caused many discontent among the farmers in the area.
April 8, 2013: death of Mgr. François Wolf Ligondé
The first Haitian archbishop, he was appointed on August 20, 1966 after long discussions between the Holy See and the Haitian government. He received episcopal ordination on October 28, 1966. He retired in 2008.
François Wolf Ligondé, born January 17, 1928 in Les Cayes, died April 8, 2013 at the age of 85. He is a Haitian Catholic bishop, archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) from 1966 to March 2008.
He was ordained a priest on July 11, 1954.
On August 20, 1966, Pope Paul VI named him archbishop of Port-au-Prince. He remained there for more than forty years, only retiring on March 1, 2008 at the age of 80.
He is the maternal uncle of Michèle Bennett, the ex-wife of the former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier.
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