Mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands

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Mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands

Missio sui iuris insularum Cayanensium
Location
Country Cayman Islands
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Kingston in Jamaica
Statistics
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2020)
  • 65,813
  • 9,280 (14%)
Parishes1
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established14 July 2000 (24 years ago)
Secular priests2
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
SuperiorEdward Weisenburger
Map
Website
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The Mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands (Latin: Missio sui iuris Insularum Caimanensium) is a mission sui iuris of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean.

The Mission comprises the entirety of the British dependency of the Cayman Islands and consists of five parishes, including Saint Ignatius in George Town, Christ the Redeemer Church in West Bay, and Stella Maris Church on Cayman Brac. The Mission was erected on 14 July 2000 on territory divided from the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, the metropolitan see to which it is suffragan.

Exceptionally, the Mission is not "exempt", i. e., directly dependent on the Apostolic See and thus independent of a metropolitan archdiocese, but rather is a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, and thus a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. However, the Mission is held in personal union with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit in the State of Michigan, USA.