Mission Sui Iuris of Turks and Caicos
Turcensium et Caicensium
Mission sui iuris · Latin Church · Turks and Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
Latin rite mission sui iuris covering the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. Established in 1984 from the Archdiocese of Nassau, it was placed under the Archdiocese of Newark in 1998-1999, whose archbishop serves as ecclesiastical superior. Its principal church is Our Lady of Divine Providence on Grand Turk.
The see
- Rank
- Mission sui iuris
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 June 1984
- Latin
- Turcensium et Caicensium
- Annuario code
- 001000530
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,400
- Priests
- 3
- Catholics per priest
- 1,800
- Extent
- 500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Ecclesiastical Superior
- Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R.
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
Our Lady of Divine Providence, Grand Turk stands in Turks and Caicos, 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.
History
Covering the whole of the British dependency of Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean, the Mission sui iuris of Turks and Caicos (Latin: Missio Sui Iuris Turcensium et Caicensium) is a Latin Catholic mission sui iuris. Erected from the Archdiocese of Nassau on 10 June 1984, it remains a suffragan of that archdiocese and belongs to the Antilles Episcopal Conference.
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].