Mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands
latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Caribbean
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 Archdiocese of Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Ecclesiastical Superiors
The following Catholic prelates have served as canonical ordinary of the mission, who is titled its "Ecclesiastical Superior":
Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida (2000–2009)
Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron (2009–2025)
Archbishop Edward Weisenburger (2025–present)
Relationship with the Archdiocese of Detroit
In November 2000, the Archdiocese of Detroit was assigned pastoral responsibility for the Catholic Church in the Cayman Islands. The mission and the Archdiocese are related in the person of the Ecclesiastical Superior, presently Archbishop Weisenburger of Detroit, while the mission is not otherwise part of his archdiocese.
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