Diocese of Saint John's-Basseterre
Sancti Ioannis Imatelluran(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint John's-Basseterre, Antigua and Barbuda
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 June 1981
- Latin
- Sancti Ioannis Imatelluran(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002818
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,997
- Population
- 169,787
- Catholic share
- 8.8%
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 1,071
- Extent
- 1,050 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Robert Anthony Llanos
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Castries
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Castries.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KingstownKingstown
- Diocese of RoseauRoseau
- Diocese of Saint George's in GrenadaSaint George's
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].