Max Leroy Mésidor

Max Leroy Mésidor (French pronunciation: [maks ləʁwa mezidɔʁ]; born 1962 in Saint-Marc) is a Haitian clergyman of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Port-au-Prince since 2017.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Max Leroy Mésidor
Archbishop of Port-au-Prince
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince
Appointed	October 7, 2017
Installed	January 6, 2018
Predecessor	Guire Poulard
Other post(s)	Former Bishop of Fort-Liberté, former Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien
Orders
Ordination	January 10, 1988[1] by Emmanuel Constant[2]
Consecration	July 28, 2012[2] by Bernardito Auza, Chibly Langlois, and Yves-Marie Péan
Personal details
Born	January 6, 1962[1] Saint-Marc, Haiti
Nationality	Haitian

Biography

Mésidor began seminary in the Diocese of Les Gonaïves at the College of the Immaculate Conception, after which he entered the national major seminary in Port-au-Prince. He was ordained in 1988, after which he went to the University of Leuven in Belgium to study pastoral theology and catechesis.^[1]

In the Diocese of Les Gonaïves, he held positions at several parishes before becoming the vicar general in 2008.^[1]

In 2012, he was named the Bishop of Fort-Liberté.^[1]

On November 1, 2013, he was named as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien and became the metropolitan archbishop on November 15, 2014.^[1][2][3]

On October 7, 2017, he was named the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince. He was installed on January 6, 2018.^[2]