Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Georgetown

Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown

Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown

Roman Catholic diocese in Guyana

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown (Latin: Dioecesis Georgiopolitana) (erected 12 April 1837, as the Vicariate Apostolic of British Guiana) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. It was elevated to the Diocese of Georgetown on 29 February 1956. The diocese's cathedral, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, is located in Georgetown, Guyana.

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Bishops

Ordinaries

  • William Clancy (1837 - 1843)
  • John Thomas Hynes, O.P. (1846 - 1858)
  • James Etheridge, S.J. (1858 - 1877)
  • Anthony Butler, S.J. (1878 - 1901)
  • Compton Theodore Galton, S.J. (1902 - 1931)
  • George Weld, S.J. (1932 - 1954)
  • Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. (1956 - 1972)
  • Benedict Ganesh Singh (1972 - 2003)
  • Francis Dean Alleyne, O.S.B. (2003 - )

Auxiliary bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • John Derek Persaud, appointed Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica in 2020[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Resignations and Appointments, 19.06.2020". Vatican Press. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

http://www.rcdiocesegy.org/site/ Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine

http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/GY.htm

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgeor.doc

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