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Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda

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Territory
  
Metropolitan
  
Rite
  
Bishop
  
Wiesław Śpiewak

Patron saint
  
Thérèse of Lisieux

Ecclesiastical province
  
Province of Nassau

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
20 km²

Country
  
Emeritus bishop
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2013)64,2379,340 (14.5%)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda (Latin: Dioecesis Hamiltonensis in Bermuda) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in North America. The diocese comprises the entirety of the dependency of Bermuda. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nassau, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

The diocese of Hamilton was erected in 1953 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate in January 1956 and to the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda in June 1967.

Ordinaries

  • Robert Dehler CR (1954–1966)
  • Bernard Murphy CR (1967–1974)
  • Brian Hennessy CR (1975–1995)
  • Robert Kurtz CR (1995–2015)
  • Wiesław Śpiewak CR (2015–)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda Wikipedia


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