Diocese of Mandeville Dioecesis Mandevillensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Jamaica |
| Territory | Manchester Clarendon St. Elizabeth |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kingston in Jamaica |
| Coordinates | 18°02′14″N 77°30′50″W / 18.0371°N 77.5140°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,282 km2 (1,267 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 586,200 5,925 (1.0%) |
| Parishes | 20 |
| Churches | 17 (and 8 missions) |
| Schools | 18 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 15 April 1991 (33 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Paul of the Cross Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Holy Hope |
| Secular priests | 17/18 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | John Derek Persaud |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Kenneth Richards |
| Bishops emeritus | Gordon Bennett, SJ |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| mandevillediocese.org | |
| GCatholic.org Diocesan website | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the St. Paul of the Cross Pro-Cathedral, in Mandeville, Jamaica, administrative (civil) Manchester Parish, in west-central Jamaica along the southern coast.
The current bishop is John Derek Persaud, who was appointed on June 19, 2020.[1]
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 19.06.2020". Vatican Press. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.