Our Lady of the Rosary (Hinche Cathedral)

Marian Advocation of Hinche (Centre)
Recognized by the Church

The Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire is located in Hinche, capital of the Centre's department. The diocese of Hinche was erected in 1972 and since then its cathedral is identified under this Marian title. Our Lady of the Rosary is a diocesan patron of Hinche.

Main data

Origin and history

The Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire is located in Hinche, capital of the Centre's department. The diocese of Hinche was erected in 1972 and since then its cathedral is identified under this Marian title. Our Lady of the Rosary is a diocesan patron of Hinche.

The image and the sanctuary

The cathedral is one of the main meeting points for the October Marian processions in the centre of the country. There are no specific details of a particular venerated image or its iconography in accessible sources.

Sponsorship and coronation

Patron of the diocese of Hinche. No canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

It is celebrated in October, the month of the Rosary, with processions attended by faithful from rural areas with artisanal rosaries and songs in creole, consecrating families and fields of cultivation to the Virgin. After the 2010 earthquake, public rosaries of intercession by the victims were organized in Hinche, with the image displayed in the cathedral's explanade.

Link to the Rosary

Under the very title of the Rosary, this advocation makes the prayer of the Rosary the heart of diocesan devotion, especially in October. The people entrust their families and their agricultural work to the Virgin.