Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda (Latin: Dioecesis Hamiltonensis in Bermuda) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in North America. The diocese comprises the entirety of the dependency of Bermuda. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nassau, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.
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Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda Dioecesis Hamiltonensis in Bermuda | |
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Location | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Territory | Bermuda |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Nassau |
Metropolitan | Hamilton |
Statistics | |
Area | 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 64,237 9,340 (14.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 February 1953 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Theresa of Lisieux |
Patron saint | St. Therese of Lisieux |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Wiesław Śpiewak |
Bishops emeritus | Robert Kurtz |
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The diocese of Hamilton was erected in 1953 out of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth in Nova Scotia, Canada (Bermuda having historically been part of British North America) as the Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands.[1] It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate in January 1956 and to the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda in June 1967.[citation needed]