Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada

Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada

*Dioecesis Sancti Georgii*
Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada; Dioecesis Sancti Georgii
	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Location
Country	Grenada
Ecclesiastical province	Castries
Statistics
Area	340 km2 (130 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2014); 102,295; 46,485 (45.4%)
Parishes	20 (1 mission)
Churches	61
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 February 1956 (65 years ago)
Cathedral	Immaculate Conception Cathedral, St. George's
Patron saint	The Blessed Virgin Mary
Secular priests	7
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Clyde Martin Harvey
Metropolitan Archbishop	Robert Rivas OP
Bishops emeritus	Sydney Anicetus Charles
Website
	StGDiocese.org
	1.^ Most statistics from GCatholic.org 2.^ Coat of arms (of the Bishop), Catholic Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada

The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. George's in Grenada (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Georgii) is a diocese, of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean, which encompasses only and the entirety of Grenada. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries (Saint Lucia) and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference, het depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in national capital St. George's, Grenada.

History[]

It was erected on 20 February 1956 as Diocese of St. George's in Grenada, on British Antillian territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain
It lost territory on 1970.03.07 to establish the Diocese of Bridgetown-Kingstown.

Statistics[]

As per 2014, it pastorally served 46,485 Catholics (45.4% of 102,295 total) on 340 km² in 20 parishes and 1 mission with 23 priests (7 diocesan, 16 religious), 8 deacons and 53 lay religious (20 brothers, 33 sisters) .

Bishops[]

(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal Ordinaries[]

Suffragan Bishops of Saint George's in Grenada

Justin James Field, Dominican Order (O.P.) (born England, UK) (1957.01.14 – death 1969.08.04)
Patrick Webster, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (born Saint Lucia) (1970.03.07 – 1974.11.18), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Otočac (1969.06.26 – 1970.03.07), Auxiliary Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada (1969.06.26 – 1970.03.07) and Apostolic Administrator of Saint George's in Grenada (1969.08.05 – 1970.03.07); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia) (1974.11.18 – retired 1979.05.10), died 1989
Sydney Anicetus Charles (born Trinidad and Tobago) (1974.11.18 – retired 2002.07.10 - died 2018.09.04
Vincent (Matthew) Darius, O.P. (born Grenada) (2002.07.10 – death 2016.04.26)
Clyde Martin Harvey (born Trinidad and Tobago) (2017.06.23 – ...), no previous prelature.