Roman Catholic Diocese of Montego Bay

Diocese of Montego Bay

Dioecesis Sinus Sereni
Location
Country Jamaica
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Kingston in Jamaica
MetropolitanArchbishop Kenneth David Oswin Richards
Coordinates18°28′02″N 77°53′44″W / 18.4673°N 77.8956°W / 18.4673; -77.8956
Statistics
Area3,878 km2 (1,497 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
822,100
14,926 (1.8%)
Parishes15
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 September 1967 (57 years ago)
CathedralBlessed Sacrament Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopBurchell McPherson
Map
Website
mobaydiocese.tripod.com

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montego Bay (Latin: Dioecesis Sinus Sereni) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church located on the northwest part of the island of Jamaica (Greater Antilles), in the Caribbean ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston (which covers all Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Belize), yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its episcopal see is the Most Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, in Montego Bay, Saint James (civil) parish. Pope Francis appointed Burchell Alexander McPherson of the Archdiocese of Kingston the third Bishop of Montego Bay on April 11, 2013. He was consecrated and installed at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Montego Bay on June 8, 2013.