Diocese of Georgetown
Georgiopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Georgetown, Guyana
The Diocese of Georgetown covers Guyana and was erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of British Guiana in 1837, becoming a diocese in 1956. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain and is led by Bishop Francis Dean Alleyne, O.S.B.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 February 1956
- Latin
- Georgiopolitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001483
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 62,700
- Population
- 796,000
- Catholic share
- 7.9%
- Priests
- 32
- Catholics per priest
- 1,959
- Extent
- 214,887 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Francis Dean Alleyne
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Georgetown, 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 Port of Spain
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Port of Spain.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BridgetownBridgetown
- Diocese of ParamariboParamaribo
- Archdiocese of Port of SpainPort of Spain
- Diocese of WillemstadWillemstad
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
First erected on 12 April 1837 as the Vicariate Apostolic of British Guiana, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown (Latin: Dioecesis Georgiopolitana) was raised to diocesan rank on 29 February 1956 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. Its cathedral, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, stands in Georgetown, Guyana.
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].