Joseph Serge Miot (23 November 1946 – 12 January 2010[1]) was a Haitian Catholic prelate who served as the ninth Archbishop of Port-au-Prince from 2008 until his death in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
[2] On 29 July 1997, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince by Pope John Paul II,[2] because the people had been displeased with Archbishop François-Wolff Ligondé's supposed encouragement of the coup movement — the archdiocesan offices were burned in retribution.
The Port-au-Prince Cathedral, archdiocese offices, and many other churches were destroyed by the earthquake on 12 January 2010.
Miot was killed instantly when the force of the quake threw him head-first off his balcony at the papal nunciature.
[6] Celebrants presiding at the funeral Mass included Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services; Thomas Wenski, Bishop of Orlando; and Archbishop Bernardito Auza.