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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Castries

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Rite
  
Roman Rite

Bishop
  
Robert Rivas O.P.

Area
  
616 km²

Country
  
Saint Lucia

Pope
  
Francis

Address
  
Castries, Saint Lucia

Phone
  
+1 758-452-2416

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Castries

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 157,775 100,243 (63.5%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Castries

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Castries (Latin: Archidioecesis Castriensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The archdiocese consists of the entirety of the former British dependency of Saint Lucia and is a metropolitan see, the suffragans of the Castries Province being the Dioceses of Roseau, Saint George's in Grenada, St. John's-Basseterre and Kingstown. The archdiocese is a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

Erected as the Diocese of Castries in 1956 from its then-metropolitan see of Port of Spain, it was elevated as an archdiocese in November 1974.

The current archbishop is Robert Rivas, O.P.. The cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, a minor basilica located in Derek Walcott Square, Castries.

Ordinaries

  • Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet F.M.I. (1957–1974)
  • Patrick Webster O.S.B. (1974–1979)
  • Kelvin Edward Felix (1981–2008)
  • Robert Rivas O.P. (2008–present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Castries Wikipedia