The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan 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 former British dependency of Belize

Belize

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. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica

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, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference

Antilles Episcopal Conference

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.

The diocese was erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of British Honduras

British Honduras

British Honduras was a British colony that is now the independent nation of Belize.First colonised by Spaniards in the 17th century, the territory on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, became a British crown colony from 1862 until 1964, when it became self-governing. Belize became...

 in 1888, and elevated to an Apostolic Vicariate

Apostolic vicariate

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 in 1893. Its name was changed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Belize in 1925, and was elevated to a diocese in 1956. In 1983 the name of the diocese was changed to its current form.

The cathedral

Cathedral

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 of the diocese, also known as its motherchurch, is Holy Redeemer Cathedral

Holy Redeemer Cathedral

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 in Belize City

Belize City

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. Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral

Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral

Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the city of Belmopan, Belize. It serves as a co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan with the Holy Redeemer Cathedral in Belize City...

 in Belmopan

Belmopan

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 is the co-cathedral of the diocese.

Ordinaries

• Salvatore di Pietro S.J. (1888–1898)
• Frederick Charles Hopkins S.J. (1899–1923)
• Joseph Aloysius Murphy S.J. (1923–1938)
• William A. Rice S.J. (1938–1946)
• David Francis Hickey S.J. (1948–1957)
• Robert Louis Hodapp S.J. (1958–1983)
• Osmond Peter Martin (1983–2006)
• Dorick McGowan Wright (2006 - )