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Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica

Archidioecesis Regiopolitana in Iamaica



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Bishop(s)

  • Kenneth David Oswin Richards, Archbishop
  • Edgerton Roland Clarke, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Charles Henry Dufour, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Donald James Reece, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 14 September 1967
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Region: Antilles (West Indies)
  • Square Kilometers: 1,262 (487 Square Miles)
  • Description: Saint Catherine, Saint Mary, Saint Andrew, Portland, and Saint Thomas
  • Official Web Site: https://www.kingstonarchdiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Archbishop's Residence, 21 Hopefield Avenue, Kingston 6, Jamaica, W.I.
  • Telephone: (876)927-9915; 978-6567
  • Fax: 927-4487

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica
10 January 1837ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Trinidad Vicariate Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica (erected)
10 June 1888Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica Prefecture Apostolic of British Honduras (erected)
Diocese of Kingston
29 February 1956ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica Diocese of Kingston
14 September 1967Territory LostDiocese of Kingston (Hanover, St. James, Westmoreland, St. Elizabeth, Trelawny, Manchester, and St. Anne) Diocese of Montego Bay (erected)
Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica
14 September 1967ElevatedDiocese of Kingston Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica
8 September 1970Territory LostArchdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica (Turks and Caicos Islands) Diocese of Nassau
15 April 1991Territory LostArchdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica
Diocese of Montego Bay
Vicariate Apostolic of Mandeville (erected) (Manchester, Clarendon, and Saint Elizabeth (all in Middlesex))
14 July 2000Territory LostArchdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica Mission "Sui Iuris" of Cayman Islands (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica
194879,8981,340,0006.0%261631,26831176ap1951
Diocese of Kingston
1966139,5081,827,0007.6%17991161,2026626212ap1967
Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica
1970139,0841,176,92711.8%1575901,5459220827ap1971
1976152,4201,209,81912.6%20861061,43729918418ap1977
1978167,7141,153,04714.5%2264861,95027314829ap1981
199093,3981,379,8476.8%2650761,228136417034ap1991
199996,6451,360,0427.1%2434581,666178812933ap2000
200096,6451,360,0427.1%2329521,858184012733ap2001
200195,0001,407,0006.8%2329521,826167012332ap2002
200292,0001,407,0006.5%2229511,803219411533ap2003
200354,0001,407,0003.8%2528531,0182014211832ap2004
200456,0001,400,0004.0%2225471,1912013411632ap2005
200656,2001,405,0004.0%3027579851917411332ap2007
201358,4001,460,0004.0%3820581,006291679731ap2014
201658,7301,469,2404.0%2526511,151351939031ap2017
201958,4001,472,0004.0%2823511,145422478430ap2020
202158,4851,474,1604.0%2830581,00840769332ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 169
  • Diocese of Kingston
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 48, Page 439, to Page 441
  • Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 60, Page 177, and Page 178

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