Archdiocese of Castries
Castrien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Castries, Saint Lucia
Latin metropolitan archdiocese covering Saint Lucia, erected as the Diocese of Castries in 1956 from the Archdiocese of Port of Spain and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in November 1974. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Castries and its suffragans are Roseau, Saint George's in Grenada, St. John's-Basseterre and Kingstown.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 November 1974
- Latin
- Castrien(sis)
- Patron
- Imaculada Conceição
- Annuario code
- 001001077
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 105,256
- Population
- 181,273
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 58.1%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 4,210
- Extent
- 616 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 171
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
- Archbishop
- Gabriel Malzaire
- Born
- 4 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Mon Repos
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 Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Castries stands in Castries, 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 (metropolitan see)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the whole of the former British dependency of Saint Lucia, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Castriensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese in the Caribbean. As a metropolitan see it heads the Castries Province, whose suffragans are the Dioceses of Roseau, Saint George's in Grenada, St. John's-Basseterre and Kingstown. The archdiocese belongs to 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.