The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the

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of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its

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episcopal see is the St. Paul of the Cross

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, in

Mandeville, Jamaica Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. In 2005, the town had an estimated population of 50,000, and including the immediate suburbs within a radius of the total population w ...

, administrative (civil) Manchester Parish, 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. 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; so far missionary members of a Latin congregation) ;''Apostolic Vicar of Mandeville'' * Paul Michael Boyle,

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(C.P.) (born USA) (1991.04.15 – 1997.11.21 ''see below''),

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of Canapium (1991.04.15 – 1997.11.21), initially as Superior General of the

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(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,

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(S.J.) (born USA) (2004.07.06 – retired 2006.08.08); previously

of Nesqually (1997.12.23 – 2004.07.06) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(USA) (1997.12.23 – 2004.07.06) *''

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Charles Henry Dufour (2006.08.08 – 2008.05.20 ''see below''); while Bishop of Montego Bay (Jamaica) (1995.12.06 – 2011.04.15) *

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, C.P. (born USA) (2008 – 2016); appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn *''

(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 – ...)

References

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History

Statistics

Episcopal ordinaries

See also

References

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