Diocese of Belize City–Belmopan
Belizepolitan(us)-Belmopan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Belize City–Belmopan, Belize
Latin rite diocese covering all of Belize, originating as the Prefecture Apostolic of British Honduras in 1888 and elevated to a diocese in 1956 (current name adopted 1983). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica and is sede vacante following the departure of Bishop Lawrence Sydney Nicasio in early 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 December 1983
- Latin
- Belizepolitan(us)-Belmopan(us)
- Patron
- Jesus Cristo, Redentor
- Annuario code
- 001000873
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 171,000
- Population
- 334,297
- Catholic share
- 51.2%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 4,500
- Extent
- 2,591 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 66
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Holy Redeemer Cathedral stands in Belize City–Belmopan, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral, Belmopan.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Kingston in Jamaica
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Kingston in JamaicaKingston
- Diocese of MandevilleMandeville
- Diocese of Montego BayMontego Bay
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the whole of Belize, the former British dependency of British Honduras, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan (Latin: Dioecesis Belizepolitanus-Belmopanus) is a Latin Church diocese in continental Central America. It is a Latin suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston (on Jamaica) and belongs to the Antilles Episcopal Conference, while still depending on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- 146/B North Front Street, Belize City, Belize
- Telephone
- [011]223.6919
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].