 Miot was born in Jérémie, Grand'Anse on 23 November 1946.He was ordained to the priesthood on 4 July 1975 in the Diocese of Jérémie.On 29 July 1997, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince by Pope John Paul II, 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.