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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 .
On 12 October 2007 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. After the retirement of Lawrence Aloysius Burke, SJ, he followed him on 12 April 2008 by the Office of the Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. On 15 April 2011 Benedict XVI accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Kingston.
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. [1] As of 2006, the diocese contains 32 parishes, 30 active diocesan priests, 27 religious priests, and 56,200 Catholics. [2]
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.
The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of minors involving a retired priest, church officials announced Friday. “With deep sorrow for the ...
Feb. 20—An archdiocese-maintained list of Catholic clergy members who have been deemed "credibly accused" of sexual abuse in Northern New Mexico parishes should also include others named by ...
Sep. 17—Boys from Joplin and Carthage and a boy and a girl from Neosho are among 11 alleged victims of past sexual abuse by Catholic Church officials cited in a lawsuit filed last week against ...
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 ...