McPherson resigned as Montego Bay Bishop

Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson resigned as Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles.

Nwachukwu named United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva Permanent Observer

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu was named Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič was named Apostolic Nuncio to Canada in June 2021.

Archbishop Nwachukwu had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles and numerous other posts in the region.

Nwachukwu named Trinidad and Tobago Nuncio

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu was named Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles.

He had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua.

Girasoli named Peru Nuncio

Archbishop Nicolas Girasoli was named Apostolic Nuncio to Peru.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop James Patrick Green was named Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden in April 2017.

Archbishop Girasoli had been serving Apostolic Delegate to Antilles and Apostolic Nuncio to many countries in the Antilles.

Dufour retired, Richards named Kingston in Jamaica Archbishop

Archbishop Charles Henry Dufour retired and Archbishop-designate Kenneth David Oswin Richards was named Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles.

Archbishop-designate Richards had been serving as Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British).

McPherson named Montego Bay Bishop

Bishop-elect Burchell Alexander McPherson was named Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Charles Henry Dufour was named Archbishop of Kingston in April 2011.

Girasoli named Antilles Nuncio

Archbishop Nicolas Girasoli was named Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, to Bahamas, to Dominica, to Grenada, to Guyana, to Jamaica, to Saint Kitts and Nevis, to Saint Lucia, to Suriname, and to Saint Vincent and Grenadines.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson was named Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine in May 2011.

Archbishop Girasoli had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and to Malawi.

Reece retired, Dufour named Kingston Archbishop

Archbishop Donald James Reece retired and Archbishop-designate Charles Henry Dufour was named Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles.

Archbishop-designate Dufour had been serving as Bishop of Montego Bay.

Tiedemann named Mandeville Bishop

Bishop-elect Neil Tiedemann, C.P. was named Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles. The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. in August 2006.

Burke retired, Reece succeeded as Kingston in Jamaica Archbishop

Archbishop Lawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J. retired and Archbishop Donald James Reece succeeded as Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles. Archbishop Reece had been serving as Coadjutor Archbishop of the same Archdiocese.

Bishop Boyle Died

Bishop Paul Michael Boyle, C.P., Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles, has died. He was 81 years old and had served as a priest for 54 years and as a bishop for 16 years. May he rest in peace.

Reece named Kingston in Jamaica Coadjutor

Archbishop-designate Donald James Reece was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. He had been serving as Bishop of Saint John's-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British).