- Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Belize City-Belmopan
latin=Dioecesis Belizepolitanus-Belmopanus
country= Belize
rite=Roman Rite
cathedral = Holy Redeemer Cathedral (Belize City)
cocathedral = Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral (Belmopan)
area= 2,591
population= 287,730
population_as_of=2004
catholics= 218,938
catholics_percent=76.1
bishop=Dorick McGowan Wright
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan (Latin: "Dioecesis Belizepolitanus-Belmopanus") is a
diocese of theLatin rite of theRoman Catholic Church inNorth America . The diocese comprises the entirety of the former British dependency ofBelize . The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston, and a member of theAntilles Episcopal Conference . [" [http://www.catholiccaribbean.org/articles.asp?id=162 Diocese of Belize City & Belmopan] "; Antilles Episcopal Conference; December 12, 2002; url accessed June 28, 2006]The diocese was erected as the
Prefecture Apostolic ofBritish Honduras in 1888, and elevated to anApostolic Vicariate in 1893. Its name was changed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Belize in 1925, and was elevated to a diocese in 1956. In 1983 the name of the diocese was changed to its current form. [ [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbeli.html "Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan"] ,Catholic-Hierarchy.org , url accessed June 28, 2006]The
cathedral of the diocese, also known as itsmotherchurch , isHoly Redeemer Cathedral inBelize City . [ [http://www.holyredeemerbelize.org/history.html "History"] ; Holy Redeemer Cathedral; url accessed June 28, 2006]Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral inBelmopan is the co-cathedral of the diocese. [ [http://kozmicmedia.com/belize/journal/belizej7.html] ; "The Belize Journal"; December 3, 1996; url accessed June 28, 2006]Ordinaries
*
Salvatore di Pietro S.J. (1888 - 1898)
*Frederick Charles Hopkins S.J. (1899 - 1923)
*Joseph Aloysius Murphy S.J. (1923 - 1938)
*William A. Rice S.J. (1938 - 1946)
*David Francis Hickey S.J. (1948 - 1957)
*Robert Louis Hodapp S.J. (1958 - 1983)
*Osmond Peter Martin (1983 - 2006)
*Dorick McGowan Wright (2006 - )References
See also:
List of Roman Catholic dioceses in North America
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