Diocese of Georgetown
| Diocese of Georgetown | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Guyana |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Port of Spain |
| Diocesan bishop | Francis Dean Alleyne OSB |
| founding | 1837 |
| surface | 214,970 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 814,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 64,100 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 7.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 2 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 36 (12/31/2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,687 |
| Friars | 40 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 46 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Website | http://www.rcdiocesegy.org |
The Diocese of Georgetown ( Latin Dioecesis Georgiopolitana , English Diocese of Georgetown ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Georgetown in Guyana .
Pope Gregory XVI founded the Apostolic Vicariate of British Guiana on April 12, 1837 from cession of territory to the Vicariate Apostolic Port of Spain and subordinated it to this as a suffragan on April 30, 1850 . It was raised to the diocese of Georgetown on February 29, 1956.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of British Guiana
- William Clancy (April 12, 1837 - September 3, 1843, resigned)
- James Etheridge SJ (June 25, 1858 - December 31, 1877, died)
- Anthony Butler SJ (May 31, 1878 - October 2, 1901, died)
- Theodore Compton Galton SJ (May 4, 1902 - April 10, 1931, died)
- George Weld SJ (January 12, 1932 - July 18, 1954, resigned)
Bishops of Georgetown
- Richard Lester Guilly SJ (February 29, 1956 - August 12, 1972, resigned, † June 7, 1996)
- Benedict Singh (August 12, 1972 - November 10, 2003, retired)
- Francis Dean Alleyne OSB , since October 30, 2003