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Diocese of Montego Bay

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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 14 September 1967
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Region: Antilles (West Indies)
  • Square Kilometers: 3,878 (1,497 Square Miles)
  • Description: Trelawny, Saint James, Hanover, Westmoreland, and Saint Anne
  • Mailing Address: Roman Catholic Chancery, 1 Fort Street, P.O. Box 197, Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica, W.I.
  • Telephone: (876)952-6678
  • Fax: 952-6679

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
14 September 1967ErectedDiocese of Kingston (Hanover, St. James, Westmoreland, St. Elizabeth, Trelawny, Manchester, and St. Anne) Diocese of Montego Bay (erected)
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))

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196822,000700,0003.1%121221,000224817ap1971
197621,673767,3692.8%12425866254417ap1977
198019,800654,0003.0%121229002342ap1981
199015,974875,0001.8%119207981192838ap1991
19999,096789,2561.2%13518505251631ap2000
200012,380619,0002.0%13114884211631ap2001
200113,044621,1002.1%83111,185751437ap2002
200213,201732,2011.8%13417776761637ap2003
200315,789940,1601.7%14519831681837ap2004
200414,926822,1001.8%83111,356672015ap2005
20138,200646,3001.3%113145851251210ap2014
201610,350650,4341.6%123156901161712ap2017
201910,430654,0001.6%12315695951513ap2020
202110,440654,9601.6%11314745851914ap2022

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 60, Page 70, to Page 72

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