Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda

The Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda (Latin: Dioecesis Hamiltonensis in Bermuda) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in North America. The diocese comprises the entirety of the dependency of Bermuda. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nassau, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

Country United Kingdom

Territory Bermuda

Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Nassau

MetropolitanHamilton

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Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda Dioecesis Hamiltonensis in Bermuda
St. Theresa's Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Territory	Bermuda
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Nassau
Metropolitan	Hamilton
Statistics
Area	20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2022) 62,102 9,250 (14.9%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	19 February 1953
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Theresa of Lisieux
Patron saint	St. Therese of Lisieux
Current leadership
Pope	‹ The template Incumbent pope is being considered for deletion. › Leo XIV
Bishop	Wiesław Śpiewak
Metropolitan Archbishop	Patrick Christopher Pinder
Bishops emeritus	Robert Kurtz
Website
www.romancatholicbermuda.bm

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The diocese of Hamilton was erected in 1953 out of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth in Nova Scotia, Canada (Bermuda having historically been part of British North America) as the Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands.^[1] It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate in January 1956 and to the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda in June 1967.^{[citation needed]}