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On 21 December 1955 Maurice was ordained a priest. On 12 October 1969 he was ordained bishop by
Monsignor Henri Varin de la Brunelière. He succeeded Monsignor Henri Varin de la Brunelière as Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France and Saint-Pierre. Being the youngest in Martinique to become archbishop
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Monsignor Marie-sainte, was born
Maurice Rigobert Marie-sainte, a native of Fort-de-France, Martinique on 4 January 1928. Maurice was the second child of a family of 7 including 5 brothers and two sisters.
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Monsignor Marie-sainte died peacefully at the age of 89 on the morning of Sunday 27 August 2017 in Sainte-Anne, Martinique (France).
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