Lawrence Sydney Nicasio
Lawrence Sydney Nicasio | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Belize City & Belmopan | |
.jpg) Nicasio in 2017 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Kingston in Jamaica |
| Diocese | Belize City & Belmopan |
| Appointed | January 26, 2017 |
| Installed | May 13, 2017 |
| Predecessor | Dorick M. Wright |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 16, 1989 by Osmond Peter Martin |
| Consecration | May 13, 2017 by Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Patrick Christopher Pinder, Fernand J. Cheri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1956 |
| Alma mater | |
Lawrence Sydney Nicasio (born September 5, 1956, in Dangriga)[1] is a Belizean clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan.
Life
Lawrence Nicasio comes from a Garifuna family.[2] He attended Augustine High School in his hometown of Dangriga and graduated from Belize Teachers' College in Belize City. He then taught at various schools and was appointed director of the Catholic schools in the Toledo District.[3]
In 1981 he began studying philosophy at Cardinal Glennon College in Shrewsbury, Missouri, which was followed by studies at the theology college on the same grounds, Kenrick Theological Seminary, near St. Louis. [3] On June 16, 1989, he was ordained to the priesthood.[4] He was Vicar in Belmopan for 13 years from 1991 to 2004, pastor in Orange Walk Town, and then pastor of two suburban churches in Belize City: St. Ignatius (2005–2008) and St. John Vianney (2008-2013).[5]
On January 26, 2017, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Dorick M. Wright and appointed Nicasio as the new Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan.[6][4][7] He received episcopal consecration from the Apostolic Nuncio in Belize, Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, on May 13, 2017. Co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Nassau, Patrick Christopher Pinder, and Fernand J. Cheri, OFM, Auxiliary Bishop in New Orleans.
Weblinks
References
- ^ Belize: Vatican appoints new bishop . In: Catholic News, Port of Spain, February 5, 2017, p. 5.
- ^ Matthew O’Connor: "Garifuna Community Marks Settlement Day". In: The Tablet of November 15, 2017, retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ^ a b 05/18 / second-garifuna-catholic-bishop-ordained-belize / `` Second Garifuna Catholic Bishop Ordained in Belize , accessed July 2, 2018.
- ^ a b "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ "Belize: Vatican appoints new bishop". In: Catholic News, Port of Spain, February 5, 2017, p. 5.
- ^ "AMERICA/BELIZE - Resignation of the Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan and appointment of successor - Agenzia Fides". www.fides.org. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ "Bishop Elect, Father Lawrence Sydney Nicasio, ordained | Amandala Newspaper". amandala.com.bz. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
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