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Suffragan diocese Roseau, Dominica

Diocese of Roseau

Rosen(sis)

Latin rite diocese covering the Commonwealth of Dominica, established in 1850 and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference within the Province of Castries. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fair Haven in Roseau, consecrated in its present form in 1916. Bishop Kendrick John Forbes was ordained Bishop of Roseau on 25 July 2024.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of Fair Haven, Roseau, in Roseau, Dominica.

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Established
1850
Catholics
42,174
Priests
22
Territory
750 km²

Parishes and churches

15 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Kendrick John Forbes
Born
20 August 1975
Birthplace
New Providence

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Fair Haven, Roseau stands in Roseau, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The whole of the country of Dominica is encompassed by the Diocese of Roseau (Latin: Dioecesis Rosensis), a Latin Church see in the Caribbean. Erected in 1850 from territory that had belonged to the former Vicariate Apostolic of Trinidad, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Castries and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.