Archdiocese of Nassau
| Archdiocese of Nassau | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bahamas |
| Diocesan bishop | Patrick Christopher Pinder |
| surface | 13,872 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (31.12.2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 354,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 51,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 14.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.125 |
| Permanent deacons | 12 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 9 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 11 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sant Francis Xavier Cathedral |
| address | West St., PO Box N 8187, Nassau, Bahamas, WI |
| Website | http://www.archdioceseofnassau.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda Mission sui juris Turks and Caicos Islands |
The Erzbistum Nassau ( lat. Archidioecesis Nassaviensis ) is on the Bahamas preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Nassau . It includes the state of the Bahamas.
history
Pope Pius XI founded on March 21, 1929 the Apostolic Prefecture Bahama from territory of the Archdiocese of New York . On January 15, 1941, the Apostolic Prefecture was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate and took the name Apostolic Vicariate of the Bahama Islands .
On July 5, 1960, the Vicariate Apostolic Diocese, which took the name Nassau and the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica was raised as a suffragan . The Mission sui juris Turks and Caicos Islands was established on June 10, 1984 from parts of its territory.
With the Apostolic Constitution Ad aptius consulendum it was elevated to a metropolitan bishopric on June 22, 1999 .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Bahama
- John Bernard Kevenhoerster OSB (May 22, 1931 - January 15, 1941)
Vicars Apostolic of the Bahama Islands
- John Bernard Kevenhoerster OSB (January 15, 1941 - December 9, 1949, died)
- Paul Leonard Hagarty OSB (June 25, 1950 - July 5, 1960)
Bishops of Nassau
- Paul Leonard Hagarty OSB (July 5, 1960–1981, resigned)
- Lawrence Aloysius Burke SJ (July 17, 1981 - June 22, 1999)
Archbishops of Nassau
- Lawrence Aloysius Burke SJ (June 22, 1999 - February 17, 2004, then Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica )
- Patrick Christopher Pinder , since February 17, 2004
See also
Web links
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)