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Diocese of

Kingstown

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 388 km²

Population: 8,700 Catholics (7.4% of 118,060 total) (2012)

Ecclesiastical Province: Castries

Neighbouring Dioceses: Saint George’s in Grenada (↙), Castries (↑), Bridgetown (→)

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Statistics: 6 parishes, 5 missions, 6 priests (5 diocesan, 1 religious), 6 deacons, 11 lay religious (1 brother, 10 sisters), 1 seminarian (2012)

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History

1989.10.23: Established as Diocese of Kingstown / Regalitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bridgetown–Kingstown)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Assumption, Kingstown, Saint George, Saint Vincent

All Churches (8)

Saint George’s in Grenada (↙), Castries (↑), Bridgetown (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.12.22 – ...):

Bishop Gerard County, C.S.Sp. (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kingstown (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerard County, C.S.Sp. (56)
(2015.12.22 – ...)

Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines)

Born:	1960.12.15 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Ordained Priest:	1996.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.02.20

Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) (2015.12.22 – ...)

Bishop Charles Jason Gordon (58)
(2011.07.08 – 2015.12.22)

Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados)
Vice-President of Antilles Episcopal Conference

Born:	1959.03.17 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Ordained Priest:	1991.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.09.21

Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) (2011.07.08 – 2015.12.22)

Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados) (2011.07.08 – ...)

Vice-President of Antilles Episcopal Conference (2017.05.04 – ...)

Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P. (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.07.19 – 2011.07.08)

Bishop Robert Rivas, O.P. (70) (later Archbishop)
(1989.10.23 – 2007.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia)

Via vertias vita

Born:	1946.06.07 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Ordained Priest:	1971.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.01.22

Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) (1989.10.23 – 2007.07.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Bridgetown (Barbados) (2005.05.31 – 2011.07.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia) (2007.07.19 – 2008.02.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) (2007.07.19 – 2011.07.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia) (2008.02.15 – ...)

as of 2017.05.29

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