Jacques E. Fabre

Jacques Eric Fabre C.S. (born November 13, 1955) is a Haitian-American[1][2] priest of the Catholic Church who was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, in February 2022. He is the first Black and the first member of a religious community to be named to that position.[3] He is the second Haitian-American bishop[4] and the first to head a diocese.[5] Since becoming a priest in 1986, he has worked in Florida and Georgia, the Dominican Republic, and briefly at a refugee camp at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

The Reverend

Jacques Eric Fabre

CS
Bishop-Elect of Charleston
ArchdioceseAtlanta
AppointedFebruary 22, 2022
PredecessorRobert E. Guglielmone
Orders
OrdinationOctober 10, 1986
by Wilton Daniel Gregory
Personal details
Born (1955-11-13) November 13, 1955
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Biography

Jacques Eric Fabre was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 13 November 1955; he had five siblings.[6] He emigrated to the United States as a teenager and completed high school in New York City. He attended St. John's University in Jamaica, New York, and then Saint Michael's College in Toronto, Canada. He also studied at the Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park, Illinois, and at the Scalabrini House of Theology in Chicago. He received a master's degree in divinity and a licentiate in migration studies from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome.[7] As a Scalabrini novice he worked at one of their missions in Mexico.[5]

On October 10, 1986, Fabre was ordained a priest of the Scalabrini in the Diocese of Brooklyn by Wilton D. Gregory, then auxiliary bishop of Chicago.[6] His assignments have included service as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Immokalee, Florida, from 1986 to 1990, chaplain to Haitian refugees in Guantanamo, Cuba, for the next year,[lower-alpha 1] pastor of a parish in San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic from 1991 to 2004, parochial vicar at St. Joseph's parish in Athens, Georgia, from 2006 to 2008, parochial vicar at Holy Trinity parish in Peachtree City, Georgia, from 2008 to 2010, and administrator at San Felipe de Jesús Mission in Forest Park, Georgia, from June 2008 to 2022.[8][lower-alpha 2] He led the congregation of San Felipe Mission in self-financing the construction of a new church, dedicated in April 2011.[9]

From 2010 to 2022, he served the Archdiocese of Atlanta as a member of its finance council, its budget and operations committee, its projects review committee, and as director of the Hispanic Charismatic Renewal.[7] He also became the head of Scalabrini fathers in Atlanta.[8]

Pope Francis appointed Fabre bishop for the Diocese of Charleston on February 22, 2022.[8][6] He is the first Black man named to the position and the first member of a religious order.[3] Fabre is scheduled to be consecrated a bishop and installed in Charleston on May 13.[3]

He is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Creole.[8] He has called English his "third language".[5]

Notes
  1. Haitians in the prison-like Guantanamo camp had little outside contact except for chaplains. Fabre was advised to leave after being involved in an altercation with MPs.[1]
  2. "Father Jacques E. Fabre, assigned as administrator to San Felipe since June 2008."[9]

References
  1. Duke, Lynne (September 19, 1992). "U.S. Camp for Haitians Described as Prison-like". Washington Post. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  2. Opitz, Götz-Dietrich (2004). Haitian Refugees Forced to Return: Transnationalism and State Politics, 1991-1994. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 150. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  3. Phillips, Patrick; Zuhowski, Emilie (February 22, 2022). "First Black man named to serve as 14th Bishop of Charleston". WCSC. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  4. Lavenburg, John (February 23, 2022). "Charleston gets Haitian-American bishop". Crux. Retrieved February 24, 2022. Fabre will be the second Haitian-American U.S. bishop after Auxiliary Bishop Guy Sansaricq of Brooklyn.
  5. Tinner-Williams, Nate (February 22, 2022). "Fr Jacques Fabre, CS named Bishop of Charleston—a Haitian first for the United States". Black Catholic Messenger. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  6. Golden, Nichole (February 22, 2022). "Pope Francis appoints Atlanta priest as Bishop of Charleston". Georgia Bulletin. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  7. "Rinunce e nomine, 22.02.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  8. "Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop Robert Guglielmone of Diocese of Charleston; Appoints Rev. Jacques Fabre, C.S. as Successor" (Press release). United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  9. Dávila, Ruth E. (April 14, 2011). "Hispanic Mission Builds Self-Financed Church". Georgia Bulletin. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
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