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François-Wolff Ligondé
Haitian Roman Catholic archbishop (1928–2013) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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François-Wolff Ligondé (January 17, 1928 in Les Cayes – April 8, 2013) was a Haitian Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Ligondé was ordained to the priesthood on 11 July 1954, and was appointed Archbishop of Port-au-Prince on 20 August 1966 and retired on 1 March 2008.[1]
Ligondé was a close ally of President Jean-Claude Duvalier and the uncle of his wife Michèle Bennett.[2] He presided over their "opulent cathedral wedding" in 1980 which was broadcast live to the nation.[3]
In January 1991, Ligondé reportedly "fled into the night clad only in undershorts" when mobs attacked the Port-au-Prince Cathedral during a coup attempt against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He had previously been a critic of Aristide, comparing the government to a Bolshevik dictatorship. This statement was "seen as giving the green light for the coup". Ligondé and other church leaders subsequently went into hiding.[4] Although his pastoral role as archbishop ended after this incident, he remained archbishop until his retirement in 2008.
Ligondé died on 8 April 2013. His funeral at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Turgeau was attended by then-president Michel Martelly and other notables.[5]
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