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Cardinal from Haiti

Chibly Langlois (French pronunciation:[lɑ̃glwa]; born 29 November 1958) is a Haitiancardinal of the Catholic Church. He has served as Bishop of Les Cayes since 15 August 2011, and is also president of Haiti’s Bishops’ Conference.^{[citation needed]}

Pope Francis elevated Langlois to the College of Cardinals on 22 February 2014.^[3] As of February 2023, Langlois is the first and only Haitian cardinal in history.

He was the only new cardinal elevated in the February 2014 consistory who was not an archbishop.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Langlois was born in 1958 in La Vallée in southeast Haiti to a poor family.^[4] Langlois entered the Grand Séminaire Notre-Dame of Port-au-Prince in 1985, where he studied philosophy and theology.

Years later, from 1994 to 1996, he studied at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and obtained a licentiate in pastoral theology.^[5]

He was ordained