Bishop François Colimon of Port-de-Paix died 4 years ago

Four years ago, on November 4, 2022, François Colimon died at Saint-François de Sales Hospital in Port-au-Prince. He had led the Diocese of Port-de-Paix for more than two decades.

A Montfort priest

Born on July 10, 1934, in Gonaïves, in Artibonite, he was ordained a priest on February 11, 1962, with the Missionaries of the Company of Mary, known as the Montfortians.

Bishop of Port-de-Paix

On September 18, 1978, Pope John Paul I appointed him coadjutor bishop of Port-de-Paix, alongside Bishop Rémy Augustin. He received his episcopal consecration on December 8 of that year from Bishop Luigi Conti, the apostolic nuncio, with François-Wolff Ligondé, François Gayot and Joseph Willy Romélus among those assisting. On February 22, 1982, he succeeded Bishop Augustin as head of the diocese.

A long retirement

On March 1, 2008, he stepped down and handed over the see to Bishop Pierre-Antoine Paulo, who had been coadjutor since 2001. From then until his death he held the title of bishop emeritus.