Religion in the Turks and Caicos Islands

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The majority of the population of the Turks and Caicos Islands are Christian. The CIA World Factbook states that as of 1990 40% were Baptist 16% Methodist, 18% Anglican, 12% Church of God, and 14% "other".

Contents 1 History 1.1 Baptist 1.2 Methodism 1.3 Anglicanism 1.4 Roman Catholicism 2 External links

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The Turks and Caicos Islands belong to the Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands within the Church in the Province of the West Indies.

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Prior to 1984, Turks and Caicos Islands was a part of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Nassau, Bahamas. In 1984, it became a Missio Sui Iuris (Independent Mission), the first Ecclesiastical Superior being Archbishop Lawrence A. Burke. During that time the islands were served by a number of priests who stayed anywhere from a few months to a year and a half.

In the three years prior to 1998 the islands were served by a priest who came for some eight months of the year. The remaining six months of those last three years there was no priest present on the islands.

July 1998, at the request of the Holy See, the Archbishop of Newark provided two priests to serve on a full time basis the Catholic community of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

In the Fall of 1998 the Archbishop of Newark, The Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick, assumed responsibility as Ecclesiastical Superior of the Missio Sui Iuris Turks and Caicos Islands. On 9th October 2001 The Most Reverend John J. Myers succeeded Theodore Cardinal McCarrick as Archbishop of Newark and as Ecclesiastical Superior of the Missio Sui Iuris Turks and Caicos Islands. Presently serving the Missio Sui Iuris Turks and Caicos Islands is the Reverend Monsignor Ronald J. Rozniak, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Newark.

[edit] External links

• R.C.M Turks and Caicos Islands