The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville is a Latin
suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
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
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
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.
Its
cathedral episcopal see is the
St. Paul of the Cross Pro-Cathedral, in
Mandeville, Jamaica, administrative (civil)
Manchester Parish
The Parish of Manchester is a parish located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex. Its capital, Mandeville, is a major business centre. Its St. Paul of the Cross Pro-Cathedral is the episcopal see of the Latin Catholic Dioces ...
, in west-central Jamaica along the southern coast.
The current bishop is John Derek Persaud, who was appointed on June 19, 2020.
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
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 pro ...
.
It was elevated on 21 November 1997 as Diocese of Mandeville.
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).
Episcopal ordinaries
(all
Roman Rite
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; so far missionary members of a Latin congregation)
;''Apostolic Vicar of Mandeville''
* Paul Michael Boyle,
Passionists (C.P.) (born USA) (1991.04.15 – 1997.11.21 ''see below''),
Titular Bishop of
Canapium
Canapium was a Roman–Berber town in the province of Africa Proconsolare. Its stone ruins are located near Henchir-El-Casbath, in the region of Mornag, Tunisia.
The city was also the seat of an ancient Latin Catholic bishopric under the leaders ...
(1991.04.15 – 1997.11.21), initially as
Superior General
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of the
Congregation of the Passion (Passionists, C.P.) (1976 – 1988)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Mandeville''
* Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. (''see above'' 1997.11.21 – retired 2004.07.06), died 2008
*
Gordon Dunlap Bennett
Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. (born October 21, 1946) is an African-American former Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mandeville in Jamaica from 2004 to 2006. He was banned from returning to active ministry in two dioceses of the Baltimo ...
,
Jesuits (S.J.) (born USA) (2004.07.06 – retired 2006.08.08); previously
Titular Bishop of
Nesqually (1997.12.23 – 2004.07.06) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Baltimore
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(USA) (1997.12.23 – 2004.07.06)
*''
Apostolic Administrator Charles Henry Dufour (2006.08.08 – 2008.05.20 ''see below''); while Bishop of
Montego Bay
Montego Bay is the capital of the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth-largest urban area in the country by population, after Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, and Por ...
(Jamaica) (1995.12.06 – 2011.04.15)
*
Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P. (born USA) (2008 – 2016); appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn
*''
Apostolic Administrator (again) Charles Henry Dufour (''see above'' 2016.04.29 – 2020.09.19), when just retired as Metropolitan Archbishop of
Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica) (2011.04.15 – 2016.04.29).
* John Derek Persaud (2020.06.19 – ...)
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Jamaica
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic, with Google satellite photo - data for all setyions
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Jamaica
Roman Catholic dioceses established in 1991
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1991 establishments in Jamaica
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kingston in Jamaica