Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica
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ARCHDIOCESE OF KINGSTON IN JAMAICA (Archidioecesis Regiopolitana in Iamaica)
Country : Jamaica
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1837 as Apostolic Vicariate of Jamaica
Elevated in 1956 to Diocese of Kingston
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1967
Official blazon
Argent, on a cross gules five crosses-pattees or, the cross enlacing a triangle of the same.
Origin/meaning
The secular arms of the island of Jamaica are: Argent, on a cross gules five pineapples or. The Archdiocese substitutes the crosses for the pineapples and adds the triangle, the cathedral church being dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
Arms of Bishop and Archbishops
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Benito Fernández (1837-1855)
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James Eustace Dupeyron (1855-1872)
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Joseph Sidney Woollett (1872-1877)
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Thomas Porter (1877-1888)
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Charles Menzies Gordon (1889-1906)
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John Joseph Collins (1907-1918)
William Francis O’Hare (1919-1926)
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Joseph Nicholas Dinand (1927-1929)
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Thomas Addis Emmet (1930-1949)
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John Joseph McEleney (1950-1967)
Arms of Archbishops
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John Joseph McEleney (1967-1970)
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Samuel Emmanuel Carter (1970-1994)
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Edgerton Roland Clarke (1994-2004)
Lawrence Aloysius Burke (2004-2008)
Donald James Reece (2008-2011)
Charles Henry Dufour (2011-2016)
Kenneth David Oswin Richards (2016-present)
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