Diocese of Saint Thomas
Latin Church · Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, United States
The Diocese of Saint Thomas is a Latin Church diocese covering the United States Virgin Islands, erected in 1960. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Washington and seated at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
The see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1960
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001002836
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,000
- Population
- 108,612
- Catholic share
- 27.6%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 1,500
- Extent
- 135 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 222
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
- Jerome Feudjio
- Born
- 30 September 1955
- Birthplace
- Fonakeukeu
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 Saints Peter and Paul stands in Saint Thomas, 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 Washington
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Washington.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of WashingtonWashington
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The U.S. Virgin Islands fall under the Diocese of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands (Latin: Diœcesis Sancti Thomae in Insulis Virgineis), which holds the distinction of being the only suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Washington. Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Thomas is the mother church, and Jerome Feudjio serves as bishop.
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].