The St. Martin de Porres Church is a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the town of
Salem
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Canada
Ontario
* Bruce County
** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie
** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce
* Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ...
, on the
Caribbean island
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of
Montserrat
Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ...
,
part of the
Lesser Antilles
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and a
British overseas territory
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.
The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the mission of St. Patrick in Lookout which in turn is attached to the diocese of Saint John's - Basseterre (''Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Imatellurana'') which assumed its present name by decree "Plures in Mari" of the congregation for the evangelization of peoples (''Congregatio pro gentium evangelizatione'') under the pontificate of
Pope John Paul II
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As its name implies, the church was dedicated to St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian friar of the
Dominican order
The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...
.
See also
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Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom
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St. Martin de Porres Church, Belize City St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish on the southwest side of Belize City, Belize, Central America.
Foundation
In 1968 Jesuit Fr. Bill Messmer, pastor of St. Ignatius Church in South Belize City, opened a school to acc ...
References
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Roman Catholic churches in Montserrat
Salem, Montserrat