Luc Garnier

Luc Anatole Jacques Garnier (December 21, 1928 - May 1, 1999) was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti between 1971 and 1994.

Biography Garnier was born on December 21, 1928, in Maïssade, Haiti. He attended the theological school in Haiti and graduated in 1956. In April, 1956 he was ordained deacon and that same November he was ordained priest by Bishop C. Alfred Voegeli. He became priest-in-charge of Gros Morne and Gonaïves. Then, in 1961 he was appointed rector of the Church of the Epiphany in Port-au-Prince while a year later he became the Dean of Trinity Cathedral. In the absence of a bishop, after C. Alfred Voegeli was deported from Haiti, Garnier was appointed as administrator of the diocese in 1969. He was elected to succeed Voegeli and was consecrated in Trinity Cathedral on April 20, 1971, with Presiding Bishop John E. Hines as chief consecrator. He was the first native to serve the post. He retired in 1994 and died on May 1, 1999, in Port-au-Prince.