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Diocese of Mandeville

Mandevillen(sis)

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 shareof the people living within its bounds
1.0%
Priests
17
Catholics per priest
349
Extent
3,282 km²
Catholics per km²
1.8

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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.