Kelvin Felix

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Kelvin Edward Felix, is the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries. He was born in Roseau, Dominica on February 15, 1933.^[1] He was ordained into the Catholic priesthood in 1956. ^[1]

Felix was named by Pope John Paul II to be the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Castries, which includes all of Saint Lucia, in 1981. As archbishop, Felix is also the metropolitan bishop of the ecclesiastical province of Castries, with limited oversight of the suffragan dioceses that serve the Caribbean islands of Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the British Virgin Islands. ^[2]

On April 12, 2006, Felix was attacked and grabbed on the neck by a man with a knife, as soon as he finished an evening sermon at the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Castries. The man ran after Felix was aware of a sawing motion on his throat, and then pushed him backwards. News of the event made Saint Lucian natives reminiscent of a similar attack at the Castries Cathedral on New Year's Eve, 2000.^[3]

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1. ^ ^{a b} Joseph Jr., Rudy (2006, April 28). 50^th Anniversary: Archbishop Felix celebrates. The New Chronicle, back page.
   
2. ^ "ST. LUCIA'S ARCHIBISHOP ATTACKED BY KNIFE-WIELDING MAN - 'St. Kitts harbours man who advocates church violence'", The Democrat Newspaper, 22-Apr-2006.
3. ^ "Archbishop attacked, security tightened for holy weekend" by Christine Larbey, The St. Lucia Star, April 14, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2006.