Diocese of Mandeville
Mandevillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mandeville, Jamaica
The Diocese of Mandeville in central Jamaica was established as an apostolic vicariate on 15 April 1991 and elevated to a diocese on 21 November 1997, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica. Its seat is the Pro-Cathedral of St. Paul of the Cross in Mandeville, covering Manchester, Clarendon and St. Elizabeth parishes. Bishop John Derek Persaud was appointed on 19 June 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 November 1997
- Latin
- Mandevillen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Holy Hope
- Annuario code
- 001002137
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,925
- Population
- 586,200
- Catholic share
- 1.0%
- Priests
- 17
- Catholics per priest
- 349
- Extent
- 3,282 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- John Derek Persaud
- Born
- 28 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Georgetown
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. Paul of the Cross Pro-Cathedral, Mandeville stands in Mandeville, 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 Kingston in Jamaica
A suffragan of Kingston in Jamaica.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Kingston in JamaicaKingston
- Diocese of Belize City–BelmopanBelize City–Belmopan
- Diocese of Montego BayMontego Bay
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].