Chibly Langlois

Chibly Langlois (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃glwa]; born 29 November 1958) is a Haitian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

[citation needed] Pope Francis elevated Langlois to the College of Cardinals on 22 February 2014.

[citation needed] Langlois was born in 1958 in La Vallée in southeast Haiti to a poor family.

[4] Langlois entered the Grand Séminaire Notre-Dame of Port-au-Prince in 1985, where he studied philosophy and theology.

[8] When choosing to elevate Langlois to the College of Cardinals in 2014, Pope Francis bypassed many more senior Haitian bishops, including metropolitan archbishops Louis Kébreau and Guire Poulard.

Door of San Giacomo in Augusta , Rome, with plaques displaying the arms of Pope Francis (left) and those of Cardinal Langlois (right). (Despite the sign, San Giacomo is not actually a basilica .)