Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica

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

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica

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

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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)
Samuel Emmanuel Carter (1970-1994)
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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