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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City–Belmopan (Latin: Dioecesis Belizepolitanus-Belmopanus) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in continental Central America. The diocese comprises the entirety of Belize , the former British dependency British Honduras .
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).
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 .
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]
History of the Catholic Church in Belize; R. Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City–Belmopan This page was last edited on 22 April 2021, at 14:26 (UTC). Text ...
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]
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 .
On 26 January 2017, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Dorick M. Wright and appointed Nicasio as the new Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan. [ 6 ] [ 4 ] [ 7 ] He received episcopal consecration from the Apostolic Nuncio in Belize, Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele , on 13 May 2017.