The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville is a Latin

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bishopric in the

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of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, yet depends on the missionary

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. Its

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episcopal see is the St. Paul of the Cross

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, in

Mandeville, Jamaica Mandeville () is the capital and largest town in the Manchester Parish, parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. In 2005, the town had an estimated population of 50,000, and including the immediate suburbs within a radius of t ...

, administrative (civil)

Manchester Parish The Parish of Manchester () is a Parishes of Jamaica, parish located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex. Its Capital (political), capital, Mandeville, Jamaica, Mandeville, is a major business centre. Its St. Paul of the Cross ...

, in west-central Jamaica along the southern coast. The current bishop is John Derek Persaud, who was appointed on June 19, 2020.

History

Erected on 15 April 1991, as the

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of Mandeville, on territories split off from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica and Diocese of Montego Bay. It was elevated on 21 November 1997 as Diocese of Mandeville.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 5,925 Catholics (1.0% of 586,200 total) on 3,282 km² in 20 parishes with 19 priests (17 diocesan, 2 religious), 6 deacons and 29 lay religious (6 brothers, 23 sisters).

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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; so far missionary members of a Latin congregation) ;''Apostolic Vicar of Mandeville'' * Paul Michael Boyle,

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(C.P.) (born USA) (1991.04.15 – 1997.11.21 ''see below''),

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(1991.04.15 – 1997.11.21), initially as

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of the

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(Passionists, C.P.) (1976 – 1988) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Mandeville'' * Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. (''see above'' 1997.11.21 – retired 2004.07.06), died 2008 * Gordon Dunlap Bennett,

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(S.J.) (born USA) (2004.07.06 – retired 2006.08.08); previously

of Nesqually (1997.12.23 – 2004.07.06) as

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(USA) (1997.12.23 – 2004.07.06) *''

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'' Charles Henry Dufour (2006.08.08 – 2008.05.20 ''see below''); while Bishop of

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(Jamaica) (1995.12.06 – 2011.04.15) *

Neil Edward Tiedemann Neil Edward Tiedemann C.P. (born March 5, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Brooklyn from 2016 to 2023 and as bishop of the Diocese of Mandeville in Jamaica from 2008 ...

, C.P. (born USA) (2008 – 2016); appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn *''

'' (again) Charles Henry Dufour (''see above'' 2016.04.29 – 2020.09.19), when just retired as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica) (2011.04.15 – 2016.04.29). * John Derek Persaud (2020.06.19 – ...)

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Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kingston in Jamaica

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