The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda ( la, Dioecesis Hamiltonensis in Bermuda) is a
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
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of the
Latin Church
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of the
Catholic Church
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in
North America. The diocese comprises the entirety of the dependency of
Bermuda
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. The diocese is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Nassau, and a member of the
Antilles Episcopal Conference.
The diocese of Hamilton was erected in 1953 out of the
Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth in
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
,
Canada
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(Bermuda having historically been part of
British North America
British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestow ...
) as the Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands.
It was elevated to an
apostolic vicariate in January 1956 and to the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda in June 1967.
Ordinaries
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Robert Dehler (1954–1966)
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Bernard Murphy (1967–1974)
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Brian Hennessy (1975–1995)
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Robert Kurtz (1995–2015)
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Wiesław Śpiewak (2015–)
References
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External links
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Catholic Church in Bermuda
Roman Catholic dioceses in North America
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Nassau
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