Diocese of Montego Bay
| Diocese of Montego Bay | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Jamaica |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Kingston Archdiocese of Jamaica |
| Diocesan bishop | Burchell Alexander McPherson |
| founding | 1967 |
| surface | 3,878 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 649,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 10,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 1.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 667 |
| Permanent deacons | 12 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 6 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 13 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament |
| Website | http://mobaydiocese.tripod.com/ |
The diocese of Montego Bay ( lat . : Dioecesis Sinus Sereni ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Montego Bay in Jamaica . It includes the parishs : Saint James , Trelawny , Saint Ann , Westmoreland, and Hanover .
Pope Paul VI founded on September 14, 1967 the diocese of Montego Bay from cessions of territory of the diocese of Kingston and subordinated it to this as a suffragan .
On April 15, 1991 it gave up part of its territory in favor of the newly established diocese of Mandeville .
Bishops of Montego Bay
- Edgerton Roland Clarke (September 14, 1967– November 11, 1994, then Archbishop of Kingston, Jamaica )
- Charles Henry Dufour (December 6, 1995– April 15, 2011)
- Burchell Alexander McPherson , since 2013