Parishes 31 Rite Latin Rite | Area 3,267 km² | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2013)1,460,00058,400 (4%) Schools Campion College, St. George's College, Alpha Academy, St. Catherine High, St. Mary's College, Immaculate Conception High, Marymount High, Holy Childhood High Metropolitan archbishop Kenneth David Oswin Richards Emeritus bishops Charles Henry Dufour, Donald James Reece, Edgerton Roland Clarke | ||
The Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica (Latin: Archidioecesis Regiopolitanus in Iamaica) is an archdiocese of the Roman Rite within the Roman Catholic Church. Its area is the majority of Jamaica, including its capital, Kingston. The ecclesiastical province has three suffragan dioceses: Belize City-Belmopan, Mandeville and Montego Bay, as well as the Mission Sui Iuris of Cayman Islands. They and the archdiocese are members of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.
History
The archdiocese was originally called the Vicariate Apostolic of Jamaica when it was erected in 1837. In 1956, it became Diocese of Kingston and included all of Jamaica. In September 1967, two suffragans were split from the diocese and the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese.
As of 2006, the diocese contains 32 parishes, 30 active diocesan priests, 27 religious priests, and 56,200 Catholics. It also has 174 religious brothers, 113 religious sisters, and 19 permanent deacons. Donald James Reece was the Archbishop between April 12, 2008 and April 15, 2011. He was succeeded by Charles Henry Dufour, former bishop of the Diocese of Montego Bay, who was appointed April 15, 2011.
== Ordinaries ==
- Benito Fernández, O.F.M. (1837–1855)
- James Eustace Dupeyron, S.J. (1855–1872)
- Joseph Sidney Woollett, S.J. (1871–1877)
- Thomas Porter, S.J. (1877–1888)
- Charles Gordon, S.J. (1889–1906)
- John J. Collins, S.J. (1907–1918)
- William F. O'Hare, S.J. (1919–1926)
- Joseph N. Dinand, S.J. (1927–1930)
- Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J. (1930–1949)
- John J. McEleney, S.J. (1950–1970)
- Samuel Carter, S.J. (1970–1994)
- Edgerton Clarke (1994–2004)
- Lawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J. (2004–2008)
- Donald James Reece (2008–2011)
- Charles Dufour (2011–2016)
- Kenneth Richards (2017-present)