St. Ignatius Church, George Town

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St. Ignatius Church
St. Ignatius Church, George Town
19°16′36″N81°23′12″W / 19.2766°N 81.3866°W / 19.2766; -81.3866
Location George Town
CountryFlag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

St. Ignatius Church [1] is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church. [2] It is on Walkers Road [3] in the city of George Town on Grand Cayman Island in the British overseas territory of the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean Sea.

The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is under the jurisdiction of the mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands (Missio sui iuris insularum Caimanensium) that was created in 2000 under the pontificate of Pope John Paul II.

The church in Shedden Road was completed in 1959. In 1971 [4] the School of St. Ignatius linked to the temple was created. In 1981 the building in Walkers Road was started, which it would be completed the following year. [5]

Stella Maris Church, Cayman Brac, is the one other Roman Catholic church in this parish and in the Cayman Islands as a whole, and was created with the move of a priest from this church.

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References

  1. Church of St. Ignatius in Grand Cayman
  2. Permenter, Paris; Bigley, John (1 January 2004). Cayman Islands Alive!. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN   9781588433718.
  3. "Churches in the Cayman Islands | Religious Services & Times". www.caymannewresident.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. Business, St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Grand Cayman, Churches, Cayman Islands. "St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - EcayOnline". www.ecayonline.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "About the Parish". www.ignatius.ky. Retrieved 10 June 2016.