Suffragan diocese Mandeville, Jamaica
Diocese of Mandeville
Mandevillen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1991
- Catholics
- 5,925
- Priests
- 17
- Territory
- 3,282 km²
Parishes and churches
21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Paul of the CrossManchester · CathedralView parish
- Holy CrossManchesterView parish
- Holy SpiritSt. ElizabethView parish
- Our Lady of DunsinaneManchesterView parish
- Our Lady of HopeManchesterView parish
- Our Lady of the AnnunciationClarendonView parish
- Our Lady of the AssumptionManchesterView parish
- Sacred HeartManchesterView parish
- St. AnthonySt. ElizabethView parish
- St. BenedictClarendonView parish
- St. CroixSt. ElizabethView parish
- St. GabrielSt. ElizabethView parish
- St. John BerchmanSt. ElizabethView parish
- St. JosephManchesterView parish
- St. Margaret MaryClarendonView parish
- St. MarkClarendonView parish
- St. Martin de PorresManchesterView parish
- St. Robert BellarmineClarendonView parish
- St. TheresaSt. ElizabethView parish
- St. Thomas MoreClarendonView parish
- St. Vincent StrambiSt. ElizabethView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- John Derek Persaud
- Born
- 28 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Georgetown
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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.