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The archdiocese was originally called the Vicariate Apostolic of Jamaica when it was erected in 1837. [1] In 1956, it became Diocese of Kingston and included all of Jamaica. [ 1 ] In September 1967, two suffragans were split from the diocese and the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese.
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 ...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica; See also. Roman Catholic Diocese of Kingstown This page was last edited on 12 ...
On 15 April 2011 it was announced that Dufour was himself promoted, by Benedict, as the sixth Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, after His Holiness had accepted the resignation of Donald Reece (which was announced in the same release). [8] The Archbishop-designate took possession of his appointed Archdiocese during his installation on 16 June.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he was ordained as a Jesuit priest on 16 June 1968. Burke was appointed Bishop of what is now the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau, Bahamas on 17 July 1981 (the first born in the Caribbean), and was consecrated 11 October 1981. In June 1999, Pope John Paul II named Bishop Burke Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nassau.
Each province has an archdiocese (headed by an archbishop) and one or more suffragan dioceses (headed by a bishop). Each diocesan bishop, coadjutor bishop, and auxiliary bishop — active and retired — belongs to one of the episcopal conferences listed below. There are also 2 Mission sui iuris in the Caribbean.
Erected on 15 April 1991, as the Apostolic Vicariate of Mandeville, on territories split off from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica and Diocese of Montego Bay. It was elevated on 21 November 1997 as Diocese of Mandeville. [2]
On 12 October 2007 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. After the retirement of Lawrence Aloysius Burke, SJ, he followed him on 12 April 2008 by the Office of the Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. On 15 April 2011 Benedict XVI accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Kingston.