Kelvin Edward Felix

Cardinal coat of arms by Kelvin Edward Felix

Kelvin Edward Cardinal Felix (born February 15, 1933 in Roseau ( Dominica )) is Old Archbishop of Castries .

Life

Kelvin Edward Felix was ordained a priest on April 8, 1956 , the first Catholic priest ever ordained in Dominica . From 1956 to 1962 Felix held pastoral ministry in his home country before going to the United States and Great Britain to study .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Castries on July 17, 1981 .

The Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Bahamas , Barbados , Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago , Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet , donated him episcopal ordination on October 5 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Gordon Anthony Pantin CSSp , Archbishop of Port of Spain , and Samuel Emmanuel Carter S.J. , Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica . In 1986 he received an honorary doctorate from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. In 1992 he became an officer of the Order of the British Empire . From 1991 to 1997 Felix was President of the Bishops' Conference of the Antilles.

On February 15, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related resignation. In the solemn consistory of February 22, 2014, Pope Francis accepted him as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle in the college of cardinals . Felix is thus the first cardinal ever created from Saint Lucia.

Web links

Felix, Kelvin Edward. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 25, 2015.
Entry for Kelvin Edward Felix on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia dell'Archivescovo di Castries (Santa Lucia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 15, 2008, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).
↑ Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico per la creazione dei nuovi Cardinali: Assegnazione dei Titoli o delle Diaconie ai nuovi porporati. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 22, 2014, accessed March 22, 2020 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Patrick Webster OSB	Archbishop of Castries 1981-2008	Robert Rivas OP

personal data
SURNAME	Felix, Kelvin Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Felix, Kelvin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lucian cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Roseau

[1] Rinuncia dell'Archivescovo di Castries (Santa Lucia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 15, 2008, accessed February 22, 2016 (Italian).

[2] Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico per la creazione dei nuovi Cardinali: Assegnazione dei Titoli o delle Diaconie ai nuovi porporati. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 22, 2014, accessed March 22, 2020 (Italian).