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The diocese comprises the entirety of Belize, the former British dependency British Honduras. It is a Latin suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston (on Jamaica ) and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference , [ 1 ] yet still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples .
Holy Redeemer parish complex. In 1837 the Catholic mission office in Rome made Jamaica a vicariate responsible for the whole Caribbean area. [13] With few resources spread over this vast region, little attention was given to the territory of Belize until Catholics of Spanish ancestry were driven from Yucatan to northern Belize during their strife with the Maya (1847-1901).
It is canonically the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan. It shares the role with Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral in Belmopan, though the Bishop's offices remain at Holy Redeemer. Pope John Paul II made the first Papal visit to Belize and visited the cathedral in 1983. [1]
The country comes under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan. The nunciature to Belize is combined with the nunciature to El Salvador . The current apostolic nuncio to Belize is Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto .
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, formerly the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Diocese of Belize .
His predecessor Bishop Joseph Anthony Murphy bequeathed to him a mission field with 24 priests (all but 2 were Jesuits) and 4 Jesuit brothers, greatly assisted by religious sisters: 36 Sisters of Mercy, 7 Sisters of the Holy Family, and 53 Pallottines. [5] The six parish churches had more than fifty outlying missions.
The voice of the diocese goes out from here through radio, television, and the monthly Christian Herald newspaper. [4] On April 4, 2002, Fr. Dorick M. Wright was ordained to be auxiliary bishop to Martin, and he succeeded Martin to the episcopacy after Martin's retirement November 18, 2006. [2] Martin died on February 16, 2017, aged 86. [5] [6]
He was Vicar in Belmopan for 13 years from 1991 to 2004, pastor in Orange Walk Town, and then pastor of two suburban churches in Belize City: St. Ignatius (2005–2008) and St. John Vianney (2008–2013). [5]