{{Short description|Haitian Catholic cardinal}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Chibly Langlois | title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes|Bishop of Les Cayes]] | image = President Ma and Chibly Langlois (17262956123) (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Langlois in 2015 | church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = | diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes|Les Cayes]] | see = | appointed = 15 August 2011 | predecessor = [[Guire Poulard]] | successor = | other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[San Giacomo in Augusta|Cardinal-Priest of San Giacomo in Augusta]], President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti}} <!-- Orders --> | ordination = 22 September 1991 | ordained_by = Guire Poulard | consecration = 6 June 2004 | consecrated_by = [[Hubert Constant]] | cardinal = 22 February 2014 | rank = Cardinal-Priest <!-- Personal details --> | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|11|29}} | birth_place = [[La Vallée-de-Jacmel]], Haiti | death_date = | death_place = | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] | previous_post = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté|Bishop of Fort-Liberté]] <small>(2004-2011)</small> | coat_of_arms =Coat of arms of Chibly Langlois.svg | motto = {{lang|fr|Servir Dieu et l'homme dans l'amour}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sangiacomoroma.blogspot.com/2014/03/cardinale-chibly-langlois-nella-nostra.html |title=Cardinale CHIBLY LANGLOIS nella nostra Chiesa |trans-title=Cardinal CHIBLY LANGLOIS in our Church |date=1 March 2014 |website=San Giacomo in Augusta |language=it |access-date=30 April 2014}}</ref> (Serve God and humanity in love)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://onetable.crs.org/bishop-chibly/ |title=Bishop Chibly Langlois |date=1 June 2012 |website=[[Catholic Relief Services]] |access-date=30 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115004131/http://onetable.crs.org/bishop-chibly/ |archive-date=15 January 2014 }}</ref> }} {{infobox cardinal styles | name = Chibly Langlois | image = Coat of arms of Chibly Langlois.svg | image_size = 200px | dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] | offstyle = Your Eminence | relstyle = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = | date of priestly ordination =22 September 1991 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = [[Hubert Constant]], OMI | co-consecrators = [[Guire Poulard]]<br />[[Joseph Serge Miot]] | date of consecration = 6 June 2004 | elevated by = [[Pope Francis]] | date of elevation = 22 February 2014 | bishop 1 = [[David Thomas Daniel Macaire]], O.P. | consecration date 1 = 12 April 2015 | bishop 2 = [[Jean Désinord]] | consecration date 2 = 2 July 2016 }} [[File:Chiesa San Giacomo in Augusta 47.jpg|thumb|Door of [[San Giacomo in Augusta]], Rome, with plaques displaying the [[Coat of arms of Pope Francis|arms of Pope Francis]] (left) and those of Cardinal Langlois (right). (Despite the sign, San Giacomo is not actually a [[basilica]].)]]
'''Chibly Langlois''' ({{IPA|fr|lɑ̃glwa}}; born 29 November 1958) is a [[Catholic Church in Haiti|Haitian Catholic]] prelate who has served as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes|Bishop of Les Cayes]] since 2011. He is also president of the Haitian Bishops’ Conference.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-23 |title=Cardinal Chibly Langlois |url=https://collegeofcardinalsreport.com/cardinals/chibly-langlois/ |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=The College of Cardinals Report |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[Pope Francis]] elevated Langlois to the [[College of Cardinals]] on 22 February 2014.<ref>[http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/01/12/pope_francis_announces_names_of_new_cardinals/en1-763352 Pope Francis announces names of new Cardinals] - Vatican Radio, 12 January 2014</ref> As of February 2023, Langlois is the first and only [[Haitians|Haitian]] cardinal in history. He was the only new cardinal elevated in the February 2014 [[papal consistory|consistory]] who was not an [[archbishop]].<ref name=":0" />
==Biography== Langlois was born in 1958 in [[La Vallée, Haiti|La Vallée]] in southeast Haiti to a poor family.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://saltandlighttv.org/blog/twitter/meet-the-cardinals-chibly-langlois-les-cayes-haiti | title=Meet the Cardinals: Chibly Langlois - Les Cayes, Haiti | publisher=Salt and Light | date=February 6, 2014 | access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref> Langlois entered the Grand Séminaire Notre-Dame of [[Port-au-Prince]] in 1985, where he studied philosophy and theology. From 1994 to 1996, he studied at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]] in [[Rome]] and obtained a [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] in pastoral theology.<ref name=HL>{{cite web |url=http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3594-haiti-religion-mgr-chibly-langlois-new-bishop-of-les-cayes.html |title=Haiti - Religion : Mgr. Chibly Langlois, new Bishop of Les Cayes |date=16 August 2011 |website=Haiti Libre |access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>
He was ordained as [[priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] for the [[diocese]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacmel|Jacmel]] on 22 September 1991.<ref name=HL/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/28788/haitis-first-cardinal-designate-highlights-nations-struggles |title=Haiti's first cardinal-designate highlights nation's struggles |date=15 January 2014 |website=Catholic News Agency |access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>
On 8 April 2004, Langlois was appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté|Bishop of Fort-Liberté]] by [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>{{Citation | title = Provisio ecclesiarum |trans-title=Ecclesiastical provision | publisher = Vatican | journal = [[Acta Apostolicae Sedis]] | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/2004/maggio%202004.pdf | volume = 96 | issue = 5 | year = 2004 | page = 318 | language = la | place = Rome, IT | format = PDF}}</ref> On 15 August 2011 he was appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Cayes|Bishop of Les Cayes]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]].<ref>{{Citation | title = Provisio ecclesiarum |trans-title=Ecclesiastical provision | publisher = Vatican | journal = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/2011/settembre%202011.pdf | volume = 103 | issue = 9 | year = 2011 | page = 624 | language = la | place = Rome, IT | format = PDF}}</ref>
When choosing to elevate Langlois to the College of Cardinals in 2014, Pope Francis bypassed many more senior Haitian bishops, including metropolitan archbishops [[Louis Kébreau]] and [[Guire Poulard]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/country/HT-precedence.htm |title=Bishops of Haiti by Liturgical Precedence |website=GCatholic.org |access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> At the time, Poulard was Langlois's metropolitan in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince|Port-au-Prince]].
On 22 February 2014, Pope Francis appointed Langlois [[Cardinal-Priest]] of [[San Giacomo in Augusta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/02/22/0130/00280.html |title=Concistoro ordinario pubblico per la creatione dei nuovi cardinali: assegnazione dei titoli o delle diaconie ai nuovi porporati |trans-title=Ordinary public consistory for the creation of the new cardinals: allocation of titles or deaconries to the new prelates |date=22 February 2014 |website=Holy See Press Office |language=it |access-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> This [[Rome|Roman]] church had never before been designated as the [[titular church]] of a Catholic cardinal. Langlois took possession of his titular church on 7 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sangiacomoroma.blogspot.com/2014/06/una-comunita-in-festa-il-card-chibly.html |title=Una comunita in festa: Il Card. Chibly Langlois prende possesso del Titolo di San Giacomo |trans-title=A community in celebration: Card. Chibly Langlois takes possession of the Title of San Giacomo |date=23 June 2014 |website=San Giacomo in Augusta |language=it |access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref> As of April 2025, Langlois is the first and only [[Haitians|Haitian]] cardinal in history.
On 22 May 2014, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Langlois a member of both the [[Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace]], [[Pontifical Commission for Latin America]], and [[Secretariat for Communications]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/05/22/0365/00822.html |title=Rinunce e nomine |trans-title=Renunciations and nominations |date=22 May 2014 |website=Holy See Press Office |language=it |access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref> He is also president of the Haitian Bishops’ Conference.<ref name=":0" />
Langlois was injured during the [[2021 Haiti earthquake]]. He was at the bishop's residence when it partially collapsed during the quake. Langlois survived, but a priest and two employees were killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248690/cardinal-injured-priest-dead-after-earthquake-in-haiti |title=Cardinal injured, priest dead after earthquake in Haiti |date=14 August 2021 |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> On June 8, 2022, Langlois was injured in a serious car accident.<ref>https://aleteia.org/2022/06/09/haitian-cardinal-survivor-of-2021-earthquake-injured-in-car-accident/</ref>
Langlois participated as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Cardinals created by Francis]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{commons category}} * {{cite web| access-date = 23 November 2017| title= Langlois Card. Chibly |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_langlois_c.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904064838/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_langlois_c.html }} *[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2014.htm#Langlois LANGLOIS, Chibly] *"[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/lesc0.htm#2868 Cardinal Chibly Langlois]," GCatholic.org
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