Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica

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Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica
Archidioecesis Regiopolitanus in Iamaica

Statistics
Country:	Jamaica
Rite:	Roman Rite
Area:	3,267 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	1,405,000 (2006) 56,200 (4.0%)
Cathedral:	Holy Trinity Cathedral
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Donald James Reece

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica (Latin: Archidioecesis Regiopolitanus in Iamaica) is an archdiocese of the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The Archdiocese encompasses the larger portion of the island of Jamaica, and the capital of Kingston. The archdiocese is the metropolitan archdiocese for three suffragan dioceses: Belize City-Belmopan, Mandeville, and Montego Bay, as well as the Mission Sui Iuris of Cayman Islands. The archdiocese and its suffragan dioceses are members of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

Originally erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of Jamaica in 1837, the Vicariate was elevated to the Diocese of Kingston encompassing all of Jamaica in 1956. After the two suffragans were split from the former diocese, the diocese was elevated to the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica in September of 1967.

As of 2004, the diocese contains 32 parishes, 22 active diocesan priests, 25 religious priests, and 56,000 Catholics. It also has 116 Women Religious, 134 Religious Brothers, and 20 permanent deacons. It is currently led by Archbishop Donald James Reece.

[edit] Ordinaries

• Benito Fernández O.F.M. (1837 — 1855)
• James Eustace Dupeyron S.J. (1855 — 1872)
• Joseph Sidney Woollett S.J. (1871 — 1877)
• Thomas Porter S.J. (1877 — 1888)
• Charles Gordon S.J. (1889 — 1906)
• John Joseph Collins S.J. (1907 — 1918)
• William F. O'Hare S.J. (1919 — 1926)
• Joseph N. Dinand S.J. (1927 — 1930)
• Thomas Addis Emmet S.J. (1930 — 1949)
• John Joseph McEleney S.J. (1950 — 1970)
• Samuel Emmanuel Carter S.J. (1970 — 1994)
• Edgerton Clarke (1994 — 2004)
• Lawrence Aloysius Burke S.J. (2004 — 2008)
• Donald James Reece (2008 — present)

[edit] References

• Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 18, 2006