The Antilles Episcopal Conference is a Roman Catholic episcopal conference

Episcopal Conference

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. Its members are bishop

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s and archbishop

Archbishop

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s from current and former British

United Kingdom

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, Dutch

Netherlands

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, and French

France

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 colonies and dependencies in the Caribbean

Caribbean

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 (excluding Haiti

Haiti

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), Central America

Central America

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, and northern South America

South America

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. The conference's membership includes five archdioceses, fourteen diocese

Diocese

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s, and two missions sui iuris

Mission sui iuris

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. These particular Church

Particular Church

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es minister to Catholics in thirteen independent nations, six British colonies, three departments of France, and two autonomous regions of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Kingdom of the Netherlands

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. Additionally, the bishop from an American

United States

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 insular area

Insular area

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 has been granted observer status

Observer status

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.

The episcopal conference is led by a president, who must be a diocesan ordinary

Ordinary

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 and is elected by the membership of the conference for a three year term. The conference also elects a vice president, who has the same qualifications as the president, and a treasurer, who can be a diocesan ordinary, a coadjutor bishop

Coadjutor bishop

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, or an auxiliary bishop

Auxiliary bishop

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. Additionally, a permanent board, consisting of the president, vice president, treasurer, the metropolitan archbishop

Metropolitan bishop

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s, and two other elected members, handles administrative issues between plenary meetings of the conference. The president of the conference is currently Donald Reece, Archbishop of Kingston

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica

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.

The Holy See

Holy See

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 appoints an Apostolic delegate to the Antilles Episcopal Conference, who also serves as the Apostolic nuncio to the independent nations of the conference, except Belize

Belize

Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...

. The nunciature

Apostolic Nunciature

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 is located in Port of Spain

Port of Spain

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, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

. The current Apostolic delegate is American Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson.

Members

Diocese	Bishop(s)	Territory(ies)
Province of Castries
Archdiocese of Castries	Robert Rivas Robert Rivas Archbishop Robert Rivas O.P. is the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Castries in St. Lucia.Rivas was born in the village of La Pastora, Arouca, Trinidad, on June 7, 1946. He is the son of the late Sabina and Placido Rivas, and has one sister and five brothers... , O.P.	Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
Diocese of Roseau Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau The Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the entirety of the country of Dominica. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Castries, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.The...	Gabriel Malzaire	Dominica Dominica Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. George's in Grenada is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the entirety of the British dependency of Grenada, including the islands of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique...	Vincent Darius Vincent Darius Vincent Matthew Darius has been the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of St. George's in Grenada since 2002.Darius was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1987. On 10 July 2002 he succeeded Sydney Anicetus Charles to become the bishop of the only Roman Catholic diocese in Grenada.-External... , O.P.; Sydney Charles (emeritus)	Grenada Grenada Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
Diocese of Saint John's – Basseterre	Sede vacante; Joseph Bowers Joseph Bowers Joseph "Dutch" Bowers was the first man to attempt an escape from Alcatraz prison. On 27 April, 1936, Bowers finished working on the prison incinerator. Instead of going back to the prison, he headed out towards the surrounding wire fence. The guards ordered him twice to stop, he refused. They... , S.V.D (emeritus)	Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands... , St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat Montserrat Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline... , Anguilla Anguilla Anguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin... , and the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...
Province of Kingston
Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The Archdiocese encompasses the larger portion of the island of Jamaica, and the capital of Kingston...	Donald Reece; Lawrence Burke (emeritus); Edgerton Clarke (emeritus)	Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
Diocese of Belize City – Belmopan Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in North America. The diocese comprises the entirety of the former British dependency of Belize...	Dorick McGowan Wright; Osmond Martin (emeritus)	Belize Belize Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
Diocese of Mandeville Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mandeville is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica. It was elevated on 21 November 1997.-Ordinaries:*Paul Michael Boyle, C.P....	Neil Tiedemann, C.P.; Gordon Bennett Gordon Bennett -People:*Gordon Bennett , Australian artist*Gordon Bennett , US Roman Catholic priest*Gordon Bennett , UK football coach*Gordon Bennett , Australian soldier...  (emeritus); Paul Boyle (emeritus)	Jamaica
Diocese of Montego Bay Roman Catholic Diocese of Montego Bay The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montego Bay is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Formerly a member of the Diocese of Kingston, it is now a suffragansee of the Metropolitan See of the Archdiocese of Kingston, located on the northwest part of the island of Jamaica. It was erected on September 14,...	Charles Dufour	Jamaica
Mission Sui Iuris of Cayman Islands Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Cayman Islands The Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Cayman Islands is a mission sui iuris of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The mission comprises the entirety of the British dependency of the Cayman Islands...	Allen Vigneron	Cayman Islands Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
Province of Nassau
Archdiocese of Nassau Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the islands of the former British dependency of the Bahamas...	Patrick Pinder Patrick Pinder Patrick Christopher Pinder, S.T.D., C.M.G. is a Roman Catholic archbishop. He was installed as Archbishop of Nassau in the Bahamas on May 4, 2004.-References:**...	Bahamas
Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in North America. The diocese comprises the entirety of the dependency of Bermuda...	Robert Kurtz, C.R.	Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
Mission Sui Iuris of Turks and Caicos Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Turks and Caicos The Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Turks and Caicos is a mission sui iuris of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The mission encompasses the entirety of the British dependency of Turks and Caicos...	John J. Myers John J. Myers -References:...	Turks and Caicos
Province of Port of Spain
Archdiocese of Port of Spain Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain is a metropolitan diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The Archdiocese encompasses the entirety of the former Spanish dependency of Trinidad, including the islands of Trinidad and Tobago...	Edward Joseph Gilbert Edward Joseph Gilbert -References:... , C.Ss. R.	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
Diocese of Bridgetown Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgetown The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgetown is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the entirety of the former British dependency of Barbados...	Charles Jason Gordon Charles Jason Gordon Msgr Jason Gordon was ordained bishop of Bridgetown and Kingstown on the 21st of September 2011. Jason Gordon was ordained a priest in 1991.... ; Anthony Dickson (emeritus); Malcolm Gault (emeritus)	Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
Diocese of Georgetown Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown The Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. It was elevated to the Diocese of Georgetown on 29 February 1956...	Francis Alleyne, O.S.B.; Benedict Singh (emeritus)	Guyana Guyana Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
Diocese of Kingstown Roman Catholic Diocese of Kingstown The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kingstown is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese comprises the entirety of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...	Charles Jason Gordon Charles Jason Gordon Msgr Jason Gordon was ordained bishop of Bridgetown and Kingstown on the 21st of September 2011. Jason Gordon was ordained a priest in 1991....	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....
Diocese of Paramaribo Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain...	Wilhelmus de Bekker; Aloysius Zichem, C.Ss. R (emeritus)	Suriname Suriname Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
Diocese of Willemstad Roman Catholic Diocese of Willemstad The Roman Catholic Diocese of Willemstad is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Curaçao in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean: the countries Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the islands Bonaire, St....	Luigi Secco	Aruba Aruba Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula... , Curaçao Curaçao Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands... , Sint Maarten, Caribbean Netherlands
Province of Fort-de-France
Archdiocese of Fort-de-France Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The Archdiocese comprises the entirety of the former French dependency of Martinique...	Gilbert Méranville; Maurice Marie-Sainte (emeritus)	Martinique Martinique Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
Diocese of Basse–Terre Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basse-Terre is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese comprises the entirety of the former French dependency of Guadeloupe...	Ernest Cabo	Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
Diocese of Cayenne Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France. It was elevated on to the Vicariate Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne on 10 January 1933 and to the Diocese of Cayenne on 29 February 1956.-Ordinaries:*Giustino Fabre *Leone Delaval, C.S.Sp...	Emmanuel Lafont	French Guyana
Observer
Diocese of St. Thomas	Herbert A. Bevard; Elliot Griffin Thomas (emeritus)	United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands of the United States are a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.The U.S...