The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. George's in Grenada () is a

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of the

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that encompasses only and the entirety of

Grenada Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about north of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and the So ...

. It is a

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of the Metropolitan

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(

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

) and a member of the

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. The diocese depends on the

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. Its episcopal see is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in the national capital of St. George's.

History

* It was erected on 20 February 1956 as Diocese of St. George's in Grenada, on British Antillian territory split off from the Metropolitan

Archdiocese of Port of Spain The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain () is a metropolitan diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The archdiocese encompasses the entirety of the former Spanish dependency of Trinidad, ...

* It lost territory on 1970.03.07 to establish the Diocese of Bridgetown-Kingstown.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 46,485 Catholics (45.4% of 102,295 total) on 340 km² in 20 parishes and 1 mission with 23 priests (7 diocesan, 16 religious), 8 deacons and 53 lay religious (20 brothers, 33 sisters) .

Bishops

(all

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)

Episcopal Ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Saint George's in Grenada'' * Justin James Field,

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(O.P.) (born England, UK) (1957.01.14 – death 1969.08.04) * Patrick Webster,

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(O.S.B.) (born Saint Lucia) (1970.03.07 – 1974.11.18), succeeding as former

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(1969.06.26 – 1970.03.07),

Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

of Saint George's in Grenada (1969.06.26 – 1970.03.07) and

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of Saint George's in Grenada (1969.08.05 – 1970.03.07); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

Castries Castries () is the capital city, capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous Castries Quarter, district has a population of just under ...

(Saint Lucia) (1974.11.18 – retired 1979.05.10), died 1989 * Sydney Anicetus Charles (born Trinidad and Tobago) (1974.11.18 – retired 2002.07.10 - died 2018.09.04 * Vincent (Matthew) Darius, O.P. (born Grenada) (2002.07.10 – death 2016.04.26) * Clyde Martin Harvey (born Trinidad and Tobago) (2017.06.23 – ...), no previous prelature.

Auxiliary bishop

* Patrick Webster, O.S.B. (1969-1970), appointed Bishop here

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