The Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown (

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: ''Dioecesis Georgiopolitana'') (erected 12 April 1837, as the Vicariate Apostolic of British Guiana) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. It was elevated to the Diocese of Georgetown on 29 February 1956. The diocese's cathedral, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, is located in Georgetown, Guyana.

Bishops

Ordinaries

William Clancy William Clancy (12 February 1802 – 19 June 1847) was an Irish Roman Catholic missionary in the United States and British Guiana. Life The son of a farmer, William Clancy was born in West Cork and educated at St. Patrick's, Carlow College in ...

(1837 - 1843) * John Thomas Hynes, O.P. (1846 - 1858) * James Etheridge, S.J. (1858 - 1877) * Anthony Butler, S.J. (1878 - 1901) * Compton Theodore Galton, S.J. (1902 - 1931) *

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, S.J. (1932 - 1954) * Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. (1956 - 1972) *

Benedict Ganesh Singh Benedict Garnesh Singh (2 December 1927 – 12 September 2018) was a Guyanese Roman Catholic bishop. Singh was born in Lusignan (Guyana), Lusignan, Demerara, Guyana. He obtained his Licentiate (degree), Licentiate in Philosophy from the Urban ...

(1972 - 2003) * Francis Dean Alleyne, O.S.B. (2003 - )

Auxiliary bishop

(1971 - 1972), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* John Derek Persaud, appointed Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica in 2020

References

* http://www.rcdiocesegy.org/site/ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/GY.htm http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgeor.html Georgetown Georgetown Georgetown 1837 establishments in British Guiana Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Port of Spain {{SouthAm-RC-diocese-stub