Diocese of Roseau
Rosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Roseau, Dominica
Latin rite diocese covering the Commonwealth of Dominica, established in 1850 and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference within the Province of Castries. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fair Haven in Roseau, consecrated in its present form in 1916. Bishop Kendrick John Forbes was ordained Bishop of Roseau on 25 July 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 April 1850
- Latin
- Rosen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002771
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 42,174
- Population
- 68,635
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 61.4%
- Priests
- 22
- Catholics per priest
- 1,917
- Extent
- 750 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 56
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
- Kendrick John Forbes
- Born
- 20 August 1975
- Birthplace
- New Providence
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 Our Lady of Fair Haven, Roseau stands in Roseau, 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 Castries
A suffragan of Castries.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KingstownKingstown
- Diocese of Saint George's in GrenadaSaint George's
- Diocese of Saint John's-BasseterreSaint John's-Basseterre
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The whole of the country of Dominica is encompassed by the Diocese of Roseau (Latin: Dioecesis Rosensis), a Latin Church see in the Caribbean. Erected in 1850 from territory that had belonged to the former Vicariate Apostolic of Trinidad, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Castries and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.