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The Catholic Church in Jamaica is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome, and further organized under the Antilles Episcopal Conference. There are about 50,000 (2%) Catholics in Jamaica, [1] which is divided into three dioceses, including one archdiocese: Archdiocese of Kingston. Diocese of ...
Port Maria Civic Centre, once the St.Mary Parish Courthouse. Saint Mary is a parish located in the northeast section of Jamaica. With a population of 114,227 [1] it is one of Jamaica's smallest parishes, located in the county of Middlesex. Its chief town and capital is Port Maria, located on the coast.
The most populated places named Kingston are: Kingston, Jamaica (population 580,000) Kingston upon Hull, England (population 260,200) City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia (population 158,129) Kingston, Ontario, Canada (population 132,485) Kingston upon Thames, England (population 43,013) Kingston, New York (Population 166,212)
St. Joseph School (Kingston) – Had 267 students in 2007; [43] was originally scheduled to close in 2013; however, the archdiocese reversed course and allowed it to stay open; [44] closed in 2017; [45] by spring 2017, the school had 146 students; the would-be enrollment had dropped to 90 for the 2017–2018 school year; Kingston Catholic ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montego Bay (Latin: Dioecesis Sinus Sereni) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church located on the northwest part of the island of Jamaica (Greater Antilles), in the Caribbean ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston (which covers all Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Belize), yet depends on the missionary Roman ...
It served the village of Montpelier on the Kingston to Montego Bay line and was 103 miles (166 km) from the Kingston terminus. It is on the list of designated National Heritage Sites in Jamaica. St.Mary's Anglican Church: St. Mary's Anglican Church is situated on the Montpelier Plantation, which dates back to the days of slavery.
Saint Mary's College is a high school located in Above Rocks in Saint Catherine, Jamaica. [1] It was founded in 1955 by its first principal, Father Edmund Cheney S.J. of St. Mary's Mission Catholic church. Currently, about 1000 students are enrolled.
Oracabessa is a small town in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Ocho Rios.Its population is nearly 7,000. [1] Lit in the afternoons by an apricot light that may have inspired its Spanish name, Oracabeza, or "Golden Head," Oracabessa's commercial district consists of a covered produce market and a few shops and bars.