Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda
Hamiltonen(sis) in Bermuda
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hamilton, Bermuda
Latin rite diocese comprising the entire British dependency of Bermuda, erected in 1953 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, elevated to an apostolic vicariate in 1956 and to a diocese in June 1967. Its seat is St. Theresa's Cathedral in Hamilton. Bishop Wieslaw Spiewak, C.R. has led the diocese since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 June 1967
- Latin
- Hamiltonen(sis) in Bermuda
- Patron
- St. Therese of Lisieux
- Annuario code
- 001001574
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 9,250
- Population
- 62,102
- Catholic share
- 14.9%
- Priests
- 8
- Catholics per priest
- 1,156
- Extent
- 20 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 463
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
- Wieslaw Spiewak, C.R.
- Born
- 25 July 1939
- Birthplace
- Chicago
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI TEATINI (C.R.)
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
St. Theresa's Cathedral, Hamilton stands in Hamilton, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The whole of the dependency of Bermuda makes up the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda (Latin: Dioecesis Hamiltonensis in Bermuda), a Latin Church see in North America, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nassau and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. Because Bermuda had historically belonged to British North America, the jurisdiction was erected in 1953 out of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth in Nova Scotia, Canada, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands; it became an apostolic vicariate in January 1956 and the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda in June 1967.
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].