Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Mandeville
Latin:Dioecesis Mandevillensis
Country: Jamaica
Territory:Manchester
Clarendon
St. Elizabeth
Province:Kingston in Jamaica
Coordinates:18.0371°N -77.514°W
Area Km2:3,282
Population:586,200
Population As Of:2014
Catholics:5,925
Catholics Percent:1.0
Parishes:20
Churches:17 (and 8 missions)
Schools:18
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Rite:Latin Rite
Established:15 April 1991 (years ago)
Patron:Our Lady of Holy Hope
Priests:17/18
Bishop Title:Bishop
Bishop:John Derek Persaud
Metro Archbishop:Kenneth Richards
Emeritus Bishops:Gordon Bennett, SJ
Map:Jamaica - Diocese of Mandeville.jpg
Website:mandevillediocese.org
Footnotes:GCatholic.org
Diocesan website

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the St. Paul of the Cross Pro-Cathedral, in Mandeville, Jamaica, administrative (civil) Manchester Parish, in west-central Jamaica along the southern coast.

The current bishop is John Derek Persaud, who was appointed on June 19, 2020.[1]

History

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]

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 5,925 Catholics (1.0% of 586,200 total) on 3,282 km² in 20 parishes with 19 priests (17 diocesan, 2 religious), 6 deacons and 29 lay religious (6 brothers, 23 sisters).[2]

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite; so far missionary members of a Latin congregation) [2]

Apostolic Vicar of Mandeville
Suffragan Bishops of Mandeville

See also

Sources and external links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resignations and Appointments, 19.06.2020. Vatican Press. 19 June 2020. 22 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica .