Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas

Diocese of Saint Thomas Dioecesis Sancti Thomae in Insulis Virgineis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Saint Thomas, Saint Croix and Saint John
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Washington
Metropolitan	United States Virgin Islands
Population - Catholics	30,000
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 30, 1960
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
Patron saint	Saints Peter and Paul
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Bishop of Saint Thomas Most Rev. Herbert A. Bevard
Metropolitan Archbishop	Most Rev. Donald Wuerl Archbishop of Washington
Map
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas encompasses the U.S. Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint Croix and Saint John.
Website
catholiccaribbean.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Thomae in Insulis Virgineis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese comprises the overseas dependency of the Virgin Islands specifically the islands Saint Thomas, Saint Croix and Saint John. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Washington. Bishops of Saint Thomas are members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and also enjoy observer status with the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

The Diocese of Saint Thomas was erected as the Territorial Prelature of the Virgin Islands on April 30, 1960. Its name was changed and was elevated to a diocese on April 20, 1977. It is the only suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Washington. The diocese is governed from Charlotte Amalie on the island of Saint Thomas by a bishop whose episcopal seat is the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. The current Bishop of Saint Thomas is Herbert A. Bevard, who was appointed on July 7, 2008, and was ordained and installed on September 3.

Ordinaries

• Edward John Harper O.P. (1960 – 1985)
• Sean O'Malley O.F.M. (1985 – 1992)
• Elliot Griffin Thomas (1993 – 1999)
• George Murry, S.J. (1999 – 2007)
• Herbert Bevard (2008 – present)

High schools

• St. Joseph High School, Frederiksted, St. Croix
• Sts. Peter & Paul School, St. Thomas

Ecclesiastical province

See: List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Province of Washington, D.C.

References

• Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands
• Catholic-Hierarchy.org