Diocese of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines 🇻🇨

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kingstown / Regalitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Castries

Neighbouring Dioceses: Saint George’s in Grenada (↙), Castries (↑), Bridgetown (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1989.10.23: Established as Diocese of Kingstown / Regalitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bridgetown–Kingstown and became suffragan of Castries)
2011.07.08: Became suffragan of Port of Spain
2015.12.22: Became suffragan of Castries

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.12.22 – ...):

Bishop Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp. (65)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kingstown (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp. (65)
(2015.12.22 – ...)

Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines)

Love one another as I have loved you

Born:	1960.12.15 (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
Ordained Priest:	1996.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.02.20

Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) (2015.12.22 – ...)

Bishop Charles Jason Gordon (67) (later Archbishop)
(2011.07.08 – 2015.12.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
President of Antilles Episcopal Conference
Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad (Curaçao)

Totally yours

Born:	1959.03.17 (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
Ordained Priest:	1991.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.09.21

Priest of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (1991.03.19 – 2011.07.08)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2009.03.30 – 2011.07.08)

Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) (2011.07.08 – 2015.12.22)

Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados) (2011.07.08 – 2017.10.19)

Vice-President of Antilles Episcopal Conference (2017.05.04 – 2023.04.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Bridgetown (Barbados) (2017.10.19 – 2020.12.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (2017.10.19 – ...)

President of Antilles Episcopal Conference (2023.04.28 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad (Curaçao) (2025.01.07 – ...)

Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P.
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.07.19 – 2011.07.08)

Bishop Robert Rivas, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1989.10.23 – 2007.07.19)

Via vertias vita

Born:	1946.06.07 (Arima, Trinidad and Tobago)
Ordained Priest:	1971.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.01.22
Died:	2026.09.27 (Trinidad and Tobago † 80)

Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) (1989.10.23 – 2007.07.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Bridgetown (Barbados) (2005.05.31 – 2011.07.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia) (2007.07.19 – 2008.02.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) (2007.07.19 – 2011.07.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries (Saint Lucia) (2008.02.15 – 2022.02.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Assumption, Kingstown, Saint George, Saint Vincent

Churches by City (8)

Saint George’s in Grenada (↙), Castries (↑), Bridgetown (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 389 km²

Population: 7,011 Catholics (6.3% of 111,883 total)

Pastoral Centres: 7 parishes

Personnel: 11 priests (10 diocesan, 1 religious), 9 deacons, 9 religious (5 brothers, 4 sisters), 1 seminarian