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Diocese of Kingstown

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Bishop(s)

  • Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 23 October 1989
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Castries
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Saint Vincent and Grenadines
  • Region: Antilles (West Indies)
  • Square Kilometers: 389 (150 Square Miles)
  • Description: Comprises islands of St. Vincent, Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, Mayreau and Union Island
  • Official Web Site: https://catholicsvg.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 862, Edinboro, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, W.I.
  • Telephone: (784)457-2363
  • Fax: 457-1903

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
23 October 1989ErectedDiocese of Bridgetown-Kingstown Diocese of Kingstown (erected)
8 July 2011Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Kingstown (from Castries)
2016Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Kingstown (from Port of Spain)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199012,000110,00010.9%5381,5001196ap1991
199910,000107,0009.3%5491,1114106ap2000
200010,000107,5009.3%3471,4284136ap2001
200110,000107,0009.3%3361,6663146ap2003
20037,000107,0006.5%55107005166ap2004
200410,073106,4999.5%5491,1194176ap2005
20068,176109,0227.5%64108174166ap2007
20138,500115,0607.4%5161,41661106ap2014
20168,000110,0007.3%1010800676ap2017
20196,877109,1886.3%99764687ap2020
20216,951110,2906.3%1111257910357ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 82, Page 221, and Page 222

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