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St. George's (Grenadian Creole French: Sen Jòj) is the capital of Grenada. The city is surrounded by a hillside of an old volcano crater and is located on a horseshoe-shaped harbour. St. George's is a popular Caribbean tourist destination.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. George's in Grenada (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Georgii) is a diocese of the Catholic Church that encompasses only and the entirety of Grenada. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries ( Saint Lucia ) and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference .
Saint George is also the home of the world-famous Grand Anse Beach and many of the island's holiday resorts. The peninsula at the south-western tip of Saint George is called Point Salines, and the only active airport on the island of Grenada, Maurice Bishop International Airport, is located there. The tourist infrastructure is more extensive in ...
Hurricane Beryl ripped through the Caribbean and devastated communities in Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday - with shocking aerial photos showing the widespread damage.. Beryl, now ...
The Grenada National Museum is a museum in St. George's, Grenada. It is housed in a complex of several buildings, the oldest of which may have served as a French barracks from 1704. Parts of it were used by the adjacent prison until the 1850s, when the land was sold and the Home Hotel was built. [1]
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral [1] is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church [2] and is located on Church Street beside York House [3] in the town of Saint George, capital of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada [4] in the Lesser Antilles. It serves as the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Saint George (Dioecesis Sancti ...
The sculpture park is accessible via boat from the main port of St Georges (2 miles/3 km North of the capital) or Grand Anse Bay on the West coastline. The sculptures are situated in a variety of depths of water with a maximum of 12 meters, and the park is visited daily by scuba divers, snorkelers and glass bottom boats. [3]
The Catholic Church in Grenada is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are approximately 40,000 Catholics in Grenada—around 44% of the total population. [1] The country forms a single diocese: the Diocese of St George's in Grenada, led by Bishop Clyde Martin Harvey.