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Promoted as Diocese of Kingston on 27 January 1826, as a suffragan diocese of the (meanwhile promoted) Archdiocese of Quebec. Prior to 1841 when the Diocese of Toronto was created, the diocese included areas that are now part of the Dioceses of Hamilton , London , Saint Catharines , Thunder Bay and Toronto .
The archdiocese was originally called the Vicariate Apostolic of Jamaica when it was erected in 1837. [1] In 1956, it became Diocese of Kingston and included all of Jamaica. [ 1 ] In September 1967, two suffragans were split from the diocese and the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston may refer to: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Canada; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica; See also.
There are about 50,000 (2%) Catholics in Jamaica, [1] which is divided into three dioceses, including one archdiocese: Archdiocese of Kingston. Diocese of Mandeville; Diocese of Montego Bay; Additionally, the Ecclesiastical province of Kingston in Jamaica also includes the Diocese of Belize City–Belmopan and a Mission sui iuris in the Cayman ...
Constructed of logs about a mile north to its present location, the early foundation of the church was at Kingston Mills (also called the Cashendall). During the winter period, residents would walk across the Rideau Canal from the Aragon Road to help in the celebration of the holy mass. On June 26, 1886, Edward and Jane Braden donated a land ...
On 15 April 2011 it was announced that Dufour was himself promoted, by Benedict, as the sixth Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, after His Holiness had accepted the resignation of Donald Reece (which was announced in the same release). [8] The Archbishop-designate took possession of his appointed Archdiocese during his installation on 16 June.
Lawrence Aloysius Burke SJ OJ (27 October 1932 – 24 January 2010) was the 4th Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica.He also served previously as the 1st Archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau beginning in 1999.
Donald James Reece OJ (born 13 April 1934 in Kingston, Jamaica) is an Emeritus Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica. Biography