The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Castries ( la, Archidioecesis Castriensis) is an archdiocese of the

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of the

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in the

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. The archdiocese consists of the entirety of the former British dependency of Saint Lucia and is a metropolitan see, the suffragans of the Castries Province being the Dioceses of

Roseau Roseau (Dominican Creole: ''Wozo'') is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau Ri ...

, Saint George's in Grenada, St. John's-Basseterre and

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."Bishop Gordon tells Kingstown successor: Say 'yes' to the Cross"
(p. 13) "Catholic News", February 28, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016. The archdiocese is a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. Erected as the Diocese of Castries in 1956 from its then-metropolitan see of Port of Spain, it was elevated to archdiocese in November 1974. The

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Gabriel Malzaire Gabriel Malzaire (born 4 October 1957 in Mon Repos, Saint Lucia) is a Saint Lucian clergyman and Archbishop of Castries. He was ordained in 1985 and was appointed bishop in 2002. While he had previously opposed efforts to repeal laws against ...

The

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is the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, a

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located in Derek Walcott Square, Castries.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Charles Alphonse H.J. Gachet, F.M.I. (1957–1974) *

Patrick Webster Patrick Webster (24 April 1924 – 24 July 1989) was a Saint Lucian clergyman and bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bisho ...

, O.S.B. (1974–1979) *

Kelvin Edward Felix Kelvin Edward Felix, OBE, Order of Saint Lucia, SLMH, Dominica Award of Honour, DAH (born 15 February 1933) is the Roman Catholic Archbishop emeritus of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Castries, Castries. He was born in Roseau, Dominica, on 15 Fe ...

(1981–2008); elevated to Cardinal in 2014 *

Robert Rivas Robert Rivas O.P. (born 1946) is the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Castries in St. Lucia. Early life Rivas was born in the village of La Pastora, Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago, on June 7, 1946. He is the son of the late Sab ...

, O.P. (2008–2022) *

(2022–present)

Coadjutor archbishop

, O.P. (2007-2008)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

, appointed Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles in 2002

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