The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. George's in Grenada ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Georgii) is a

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, of the

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of the

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in the

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, which encompasses only and the entirety of

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. It is a

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of the Metropolitan

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( Saint Lucia) and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference, het depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its

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episcopal see is Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in national capital St. George's, Grenada.

History

* It was erected on 20 February 1956 as Diocese of St. George's in Grenada, on British Antillian territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain * It lost territory on 1970.03.07 to establish the Diocese of Bridgetown-Kingstown.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 46,485 Catholics (45.4% of 102,295 total) on 340 km² in 20 parishes and 1 mission with 23 priests (7 diocesan, 16 religious), 8 deacons and 53 lay religious (20 brothers, 33 sisters) .

Bishops

(all

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)

Episcopal Ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Saint George's in Grenada'' *

Justin James Field Justin James Field (born 1899 in Down Hatherley) was an English clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. George's in Grenada ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Georgii) is a diocese, ...

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(O.P.) (born England, UK) (1957.01.14 – death 1969.08.04) *

Patrick Webster Patrick Webster (24 April 1924 – 24 July 1989) was a Saint Lucian clergyman and bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bisho ...

, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (born Saint Lucia) (1970.03.07 – 1974.11.18), succeeding as former

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(1969.06.26 – 1970.03.07), Auxiliary Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada (1969.06.26 – 1970.03.07) and

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of Saint George's in Grenada (1969.08.05 – 1970.03.07); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Saint Lucia) (1974.11.18 – retired 1979.05.10), died 1989 * Sydney Anicetus Charles (born Trinidad and Tobago) (1974.11.18 – retired 2002.07.10 - died 2018.09.04 * Vincent (Matthew) Darius, O.P. (born Grenada) (2002.07.10 – death 2016.04.26) *

Clyde Martin Harvey Clyde Martin Harvey (born November 9, 1948 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidadian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. George's in Grenada ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Georgii) ...

(born Trinidad and Tobago) (2017.06.23 – ...), no previous prelature.

Auxiliary bishop

, O.S.B. (1969-1970), appointed Bishop here

Sources and external links

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* Roman Catholic dioceses in the Caribbean

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