Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda
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.
Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda Dioecesis Hamiltonensis in Bermuda | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Bermuda |
| Territory | Bermuda |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Nassau |
| Metropolitan | Hamilton |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2013) 64,237 9,340 (14.5%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | February 19, 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 |
| Website | |
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The diocese of Hamilton was erected in 1953 out of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth in Nova Scotia, Canada as the Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate in January 1956 and to the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda in June 1967.
Ordinaries
- Robert Dehler (1954–1966)
- Bernard Murphy (1967–1974)
- Brian Hennessy (1975–1995)
- Robert Kurtz (1995–2015)
- Wiesław Śpiewak (2015–)
External links
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