Lawrence Sydney Nicasio

Lawrence Sydney Nicasio (born September 5, 1956 in Dangriga ) is a Belizean clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop in Belize City-Belmopan .

Life

Lawrence Nicasio comes from a Garifuna family. He attended Augustine High School in his hometown of Dangriga and graduated from Belize Teachers' College in Belize City . He then taught at various schools and was appointed director of the Catholic school in the Toledo district .

In 1981 he took a degree in philosophy at Cardinal Glennon College in Shrewsbury ( Missouri on), which the study of theology at Kenrick Theological Seminary in St. Louis joined. On June 16, 1989, he received the sacrament of ordination . He was Vicar in Belmopan for 13 years from 1991 to 2004, pastor in Orange Walk Town and then pastor of two suburban parishes in Belize City: St. Ignatius (2005-2008) and St. John Vianney (2008-2013).

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan on January 26, 2017. He was ordained bishop by the Apostolic Nuncio in Belize, Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele , on May 13 of the same year. Co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Nassau , Patrick Christopher Pinder , and Fernand J. Cheri OFM , Auxiliary Bishop in New Orleans .

Web links

• Entry for Lawrence Sydney Nicasio on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Belize: Vatican appoints new bishop . In: Catholic News , Port of Spain, February 5, 2017, p. 5.
2. ^ Matthew O'Connor: Garifuna Community Marks Settlement Day . In: The Tablet of November 15, 2017, accessed July 2, 2018.
3. ^ ^{A b} Second Garifuna Catholic Bishop Ordained in Belize , accessed July 2, 2018.
4. ^ ^{A b} Rinuncia del Vescovo di Belize City-Belmopan (Belize) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 26, 2017, accessed January 26, 2017 (Italian). 
5. ↑ Belize: Vatican appoints new bishop . In: Catholic News , Port of Spain, February 5, 2017, p. 5.

predecessor	Office	successor
Dorick McGowan Wright	Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan since 2017	---