Archdiocese of Nassau
Nassavien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nassau, Bahamas
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese covering The Bahamas, seated in Nassau. Erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of the Bahama Islands in 1929, it became a vicariate apostolic in 1941, the Diocese of Nassau in 1960, and a metropolitan archdiocese on 22 June 1999, with the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda and the Mission sui iuris of Turks and Caicos as dependents. Its cathedral is St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Nassau.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 June 1999
- Latin
- Nassavien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis Xavier and St. Therese of Lisieux
- Annuario code
- 001002358
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,202
- Population
- 340,400
- Catholic share
- 14.7%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 2,510
- Extent
- 13,872 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.6
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
- Archbishop
- Patrick Christopher Pinder
- Born
- 1 November 1953
- Birthplace
- Nassau
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. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Nassau stands in Nassau, 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.
The province of Nassau
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The islands of the former British dependency of the Bahamas make up the territory of the Archdiocese of Nassau (Latin: Archidioecesis Nassaviensis), a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean. As metropolitan, its archbishop bears responsibility for the suffragan Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda and for the Mission sui iuris of Turks and Caicos, and he belongs to the Antilles Episcopal Conference.
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].