Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince
Msgr. Sander Louis-Jean was born on 17 October 1967 in Jérémie, in the diocese of the same name. He entered the Notre-Dame d’Haiti Major Seminary, continuing his ecclesiastical studies in philosophy and theology, and was ordained a priest on 17 November 1996, and incardinated in the archdiocese of Port-au-Prince. After ordination, he first held the roles of parish vicar (1997-1999) and parish priest of Saint-Pierre in Pétion-Ville (2007-2016), and head of the preparatory section (1999-2003). After obtaining a licentiate in spiritual theology (2005) and a diploma in spiritual counselling from the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality “Teresianum”, Rome (2007), he went on to serve as spiritual director (2009-2012 and 2014-2020), spiritual accompanier (2012-2014) and teacher of spiritual theology (2012-2020) in the Notre-Dame d’Haiti Major Seminary. Since 2020, he has been parish priest of the Notre-Dame de l’Assomption Cathedral of Port-au-Prince and chair of the diocesan Commission for Catechesis and the Liturgy.