The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda is a diocese

Diocese

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 of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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 in North America

North America

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. The diocese comprises the entirety of the dependency of Bermuda

Bermuda

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. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nassau

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau

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, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference

Antilles Episcopal Conference

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The diocese of Hamilton was erected in 1953 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate

Apostolic vicariate

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 in January 1956 and to the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda in June 1967.

Ordinaries

• Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. (1954–1966)
• Bernard James Murphy, C. R. (1967–1974)
• Brian Leo John Hennessy, C. R. (1975–1995)
• Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R. (1995 - )