Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville

Diocese of Mandeville
Dioecesis Mandevillensis
Location
Country Jamaica
Territory Manchester
Clarendon
St Elizabeth
Ecclesiastical province Kingston in Jamaica
Coordinates 18°02′14″N 77°30′50″W / 18.0371°N 77.5140°W / 18.0371; -77.5140
Statistics
Area 3,282 km2 (1,267 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
586,200
5,925 (1.0%)
Parishes 20
Churches 17 (and 8 missions)
Schools 18
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 15 April 1991 (25 years ago)
Cathedral St. Paul of the Cross Cathedral
Patron saint Our Lady of Holy Hope
Secular priests 17/18
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Kenneth Richards
Apostolic Administrator Charles Dufour
Emeritus Bishops Gordon Bennett, SJ
Map
Website
mandevillediocese.org
GCatholic.org
Diocesan website

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville (erected 15 April 1991, as the Vicariate Apostolic of Mandeville) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica. It was elevated on 21 November 1997.

Ordinaries

  1. Paul Michael Boyle, CP (1991 – 2004)
  2. Gordon Dunlap Bennett, SJ (2004 – 2006)
  3. Neil Edward Tiedemann, CP (2008 – 2016)

Notes

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