Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre () is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, covering five English-speaking jurisdictions in the Caribbean. The bishopric is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference, but remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Cathedrals. It has two cathedrals, the Holy Family Cathedral in St John's, Antigua, and a co-cathedral, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Basseterre, St Kitts. Both churches are the seats  of the bishop, who is currently the Most Rev. Robert Llanos, formerly Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago). The Holy Family Cathedral was completed and opened in 1987, during the tenure of Bishop Donald James Reece (1981-2007), who dedicated it. It was designed in the Modernist style with an octagon with a bell tower at the centre. On the tower there is a large cross, the largest external church cross in the country. There are also electronic synthesised bells which chime on the hour, before Mass and at the end of funerals. The cathedral is of  post Vatican II Latin Rite, but on the feasts of the Epiphany and of the Assumption, Sunday Mass is celebrated according to the Byzantine Rite. Extent and statistics. The diocese encompasses the islands of five Anglophone countries in the Lesser Antilles : As per 2014, it pastorally served 16,743 Catholics (9.0% of 186,880 total) on 1,059 km² in 13 parishes and 20 missions with 12 priests (3 diocesan, 9 religious), 3 deacons and 21 lay religious (9 brothers, 12 sisters). History. The diocese was erected on 16 January 1971 as Diocese of Saint John's, on territory split off from the  Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau (Dominica). On 21 June 1981 it was renamed as Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre.