Suffragan diocese Bridgetown, Barbados
Diocese of Bridgetown
Pontipolitan(us)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese covering the island of Barbados, erected 7 March 1970 as the Diocese of Bridgetown-Kingstown and renamed Bridgetown on 23 October 1989, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. Its seat is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Bridgetown, completed in 1899 and part of the UNESCO World Heritage historic center. Bishop Neil Sebastian Scantlebury, appointed 28 December 2020, is the first Barbadian Catholic bishop.
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- Established
- 1970
- Catholics
- 9,960
- Priests
- 14
- Territory
- 430 km²
Parishes and churches
7 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Patrick's CathedralBridgetown · CathedralView parish
- Church of Our Lady of SorrowsAshton HallView parish
- Church of Our Lady of the RosaryVerdunView parish
- Church of Our Lady Queen of the UniverseBlack RockView parish
- Church of St. Dominic (National Shrine of Divine Mercy)WelchesView parish
- Church of St. Francis of AssisiMount StandfastView parish
- Church of the Sacred HeartSix RoadsView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Neil Sebastian Scantlebury
- Born
- 1 October 1965
- Birthplace
- Bridgetown
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The cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Bridgetown stands in Bridgetown, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Barbados, the former British dependency in the Caribbean, is served in its entirety by the Diocese of Bridgetown (Latin: Dioecesis Pontipolitana), a Latin Church see suffragan to the Archdiocese of Port of Spain and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. First erected in 1970 as the Diocese of Bridgetown-Kingstown, it was divided on 23 October 1989 into separate dioceses of Bridgetown and Kingstown.
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