Diocese of

Belize City–Belmopan

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Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Belize City–Belmopan / Belizepolitan(us)–Belmopan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kingston in Jamaica

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.01.26 – ...):Bishop Lawrence Sydney Nicasio (67)Bishop Lawrence Sydney Nicasio (67)
Auxiliary Bishop (2012.02.18 – ...):Bishop Christopher Glancy, C.S.V. (63)Bishop Christopher Glancy, C.S.V. (63)

Titular Bishop of Absa Salla

Ordinaries

Bishops of Belize City–Belmopan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lawrence Sydney Nicasio (67)Bishop Lawrence Sydney Nicasio (67)
(2017.01.26 – ...)

Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize)

Sollicitum ambulare cum Deo

Born:1956.09.05 (Belize, Belize)
Ordained Priest:1989.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:2017.05.13

Priest of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize) (1989.06.16 – 2017.01.26)

Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize) (2017.01.26 – ...)

Bishop Dorick McGowan Wright
(2006.11.18 – 2017.01.26)

May all things begin and end in Christ

Born:1945.11.15 (Belize City, Belize)
Ordained Priest:1975.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:2002.04.04
Died:2020.04.15 (Belize City, Belize † 74)

Priest of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize) (1975.06.27 – 2001.12.12)

Titular Bishop of Thimida regia (2001.12.12 – 2006.11.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize) (2001.12.12 – 2006.11.18)

Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize) (2006.11.18 – 2017.01.26)

Bishop Osmond Peter Martin
(1983.11.11 – 2006.11.18)

Born:1930.12.04 (Belize)
Ordained Priest:1959.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:1982.10.07
Died:2017.02.16 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania (1982.06.08 – 1983.11.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belize (Belize) (1982.06.08 – 1983.11.11)

Bishop of Belize City–Belmopan (Belize) (1983.11.11 – 2006.11.18)

Bishops of Belize (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J.
(1958.03.02 – 1983)

Born:1910.10.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1941.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:1958.06.26
Died:1989.10.26 († 79)

Bishop of Belize (Belize) (1958.03.02 – 1983)

Bishop David Francis Hickey, S.J.
(1956.02.29 – 1957.08.01)

Born:1882.12.03 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1917.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1948.09.21
Died:1973.08.24 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Bonitza (1948.06.10 – 1956.02.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Belize (Belize) (1948.06.10 – 1956.02.29)

Bishop of Belize (Belize) (1956.02.29 – 1957.08.01)

Titular Bishop of Cabasa (1957.08.01 – 1973.08.24)

Vicars Apostolic of Belize (Roman Rite)

Bishop David Francis Hickey, S.J.
(1948.06.10 – 1956.02.29)

(see above)

Bishop William Aloysius Rice, S.J.
(1938.11.19 – 1946.02.28)

Born:1891.10.03 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1925.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:1939.04.16
Died:1946.02.28 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Rusicade (1938.11.19 – 1946.02.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Belize (Belize) (1938.11.19 – 1946.02.28)

Bishop Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J.
(1925.12.15 – 1938)

Born:1857 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1888.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:1924.03.19
Died:1939.11.25 († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras (Belize) (1923.12.11 – 1925.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Birtha (1923.12.11 – 1939.11.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Belize (Belize) (1925.12.15 – 1938)

Vicars Apostolic of British Honduras (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J.
(1923.12.11 – 1925.12.15)

(see above)

Bishop Frederick Charles Hopkins, S.J.
(1899.08.17 – 1923.04.19)

Born:1844.03.25 (England)
Ordained Priest:1877.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1899.11.05
Died:1923.04.19 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Athribis (1899.08.17 – 1923.04.19)

Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras (Belize) (1899.08.17 – 1923.04.19)

Bishop Salvatore di Pietro, S.J.
(1893.01.03 – 1898.08.23)

Born: (Belize)
Consecrated Bishop:1893.04.16
Died:1898.08.23

Prefect Apostolic of British Honduras (Belize) (1888.06.10 – 1893.01.03)

Titular Bishop of Eurœa (1893.01.03 – 1898.08.23)

Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras (Belize) (1893.01.03 – 1898.08.23)

Prefects Apostolic of British Honduras (Roman Rite)

Fr. Salvatore di Pietro, S.J. (later Bishop)
(1888.06.10 – 1893.01.03)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (19)

El Petén (←), Campeche (↖), Cancún–Chetumal (↑), Izabal (↓)

Statistics (2017.12.31)

Area: 22,963 km²

Population: 166,500 Catholics (40.0% of 416,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 38 priests (5 diocesan, 33 religious), 2 deacons, 104 religious (45 brothers, 59 sisters), 5 seminarians

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Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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