Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, covering five English-speaking jurisdictions in the Caribbean. The bishopric is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference, but remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
It has a cathedral episcopal see, the Holy Family Cathedral in St John's, Antigua and the Co-Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Basseterre, St Kitts. Both churches are the seat of the bishop, who is currently the Most Rev. Robert Llanos, formerly Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain.

Extent and statistics

The diocese encompasses the islands of five Anglophone countries in the Lesser Antilles :
As per 2014, it pastorally served 16,743 Catholics on 1,059 km² in 13 parishes and 20 missions with 12 priests, 3 deacons and 21 lay religious.

History

The diocese was erected on 16 January 1971 as Diocese of Saint John's, on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau.
On 1981.06.21 it was renamed as Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Suffragan Bishop of Saint John's
;Suffragan Bishops of Saint John's–Basseterre