Jacques Fabre-Jeune


Jacques Eric Fabre-Jeune

Bishop of Charleston
SeeDiocese of Charleston
AppointedFebruary 22, 2022
InstalledMay 13, 2022
PredecessorRobert E. Guglielmone
Orders
OrdinationOctober 10, 1986
by Wilton Daniel Gregory
ConsecrationMay 13, 2022
by Wilton Daniel Gregory, Gregory John Hartmayer, and Luis R. Zarama
Personal details
Born (1955-11-13) November 13, 1955 (age 68)
NationalityAmerican
EducationSt. John's University
University of St. Michael's College
Catholic Theological Union
Pontifical Urban University
MottoWhatever you do to the least of my children, you do to me
Styles of
Jacques Eric Fabre-Jeune
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Jacques Eric Fabre-Jeune, C.S., known before May 2022 as Jacques Fabre, (born November 13, 1955) is a Haitian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Charleston in South Carolina since 2022.

Fabre-Jeune is the first African American to become bishop of Charleston and the first Haitian-American to head a diocese. Since becoming a priest with the Scalabrinians in 1986, Fabre-Jeune has worked in Florida and Georgia, the Dominican Republic, and briefly at a refugee camp at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.