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Diocese of

Montego Bay

Jamaica Jamaica

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Kingston in Jamaica

Neighbouring Dioceses: Mandeville (↓), Cayman Island (←), Kingston in Jamaica (→)

History

  • 1967.09.14: Established as Diocese of Montego Bay / Sinus Sereni (Latin) (from Diocese of Kingston)
  • 1991.04.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Mandeville

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.04.11 – ...):Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson (61)Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Montego Bay (Roman Rite)

Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson (61)Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson (61)
(2013.04.11 – ...)

Born:1951.05.07 (Jamaica)
Ordained Priest:1991.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:2013.06.01

Bishop of Montego Bay (Jamaica) (2013.04.11 – ...)

Archbishop Charles Henry Dufour (73)Bishop Charles Henry Dufour (73) (later Archbishop)
(1995.12.06 – 2011.04.15)

Born:1940.04.15 (Jamaica)
Ordained Priest:1970.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:1996.02.10

Bishop of Montego Bay (Jamaica) (1995.12.06 – 2011.04.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Mandeville (Jamaica) (2006.08.08 – 2008.05.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica) (2011.04.15 – ...)

Archbishop Edgerton Roland Clarke (84)Bishop Edgerton Roland Clarke (84) (later Archbishop)
(1967.09.14 – 1994.11.11)

Born:1929.02.14 (Jamaica)
Ordained Priest:1960.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:1967.11.30

Bishop of Montego Bay (Jamaica) (1967.09.14 – 1994.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica) (1994.11.11 – 2004.02.17)

President of Antilles Episcopal Conference (1997 – 2003)

as of 2013.05.03

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