The Catholic Church in Jamaica is part of the worldwide

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, under the spiritual leadership of the

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. There are about 50,000 (2%) Catholics in

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

,International Religious Freedom Report 2008: Jamaica

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(2008) which is divided into three

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s, including one archdiocese: * Archdiocese of Kingston * Diocese of Mandeville * Diocese of Montego Bay The Missionaries of the Poor monastic order originated in Kingston, Jamaica.

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