The Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau ( la, Dioecesis Rosensis) is a

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of the

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of the

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in the

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. The diocese encompasses the entirety of the country of

Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographical ...

. The diocese is a suffragan of the

Archdiocese of Castries The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Castries ( la, Archidioecesis Castriensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The archdiocese consists of the entirety of the former British dependency of Saint Lu ...

, and a member of the

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. The diocese of Roseau was erected in 1850. The territory was previously part of the former Vicariate Apostolic of Trinidad.

Bishops

Ordinaries

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(1851–1855) * Désiré-Michel Vesque (1856–1858) * René-Marie-Charles Poirier,

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(1858–1878) * Michael Naughten (1879–1900) *

Philip Schelfhaut Philip Schelfhaut (born 1850 in Sint-Niklaas) was a Belgian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau The Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau ( la, Dioecesis Rosensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Chu ...

, C.Ss.R. (1902–1921) *

Giacomo Moris Giacomo Moris (born 1876 in Peer, Belgium) was a Belgian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau The Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau ( la, Dioecesis Rosensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church ...

, C.Ss.R. (1922–1957) *

Arnold Boghaert Arnold Boghaert (21 October 1920 – 29 November 1993) was a Belgian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau. Boghaert was born in Landegem Nevele () is a village and former municipality located in the Belgian province ...

, C.Ss.R. (1957–1993) *

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, C.Ss.R. (1994–2001), appointed Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago *

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(2002–2022)

Coadjutor bishops

*Antoon Demets, C.SS.R. (1946–1954), did not succeed to see *

, C.SS.R. (1956–1957)

References

* Catholic Church in Dominica Roman Catholic dioceses in the Caribbean

Roseau Roseau ( Dominican Creole: ''Wozo'') is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau R ...

1850 establishments in Dominica Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Castries {{RC-diocese-stub