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Suffragan diocese Saint John's-Basseterre, Antigua and Barbuda

Diocese of Saint John's-Basseterre

Sancti Ioannis Imatelluran(us)

Latin-rite diocese covering Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Castries. Erected 16 January 1971 as the Diocese of Saint John's and renamed Saint John's-Basseterre in 1981. Its seat is Holy Family Cathedral in St. John's, Antigua, with the Co-Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Basseterre, St. Kitts.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Holy Family Cathedral, St. John's, in Saint John's-Basseterre, Antigua and Barbuda.

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Established
1971
Catholics
14,997
Priests
14
Territory
1,050 km²

Parishes and churches

18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Robert Anthony Llanos

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The cathedral

Holy Family Cathedral, St. John's stands in Saint John's-Basseterre, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Basseterre.

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History

Five English-speaking jurisdictions in the Caribbean fall within this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis-Imatellurana). The bishopric is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries and belongs to the Antilles Episcopal Conference, while remaining dependent on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.

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