The episcopal ordination of Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Roseau, Fr Kendrick Forbes, will take place on Thursday July 25, 2024.
This is according to a statement from the Archbishop of Nassau, Patrick Christopher Pinder, on Wednesday May 8.
He said the ceremony will begin at 4:00 pm in Roseau on the Feast of St. James the Apostle.
On Thursday last week, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had elected Fr Forbes as the next Bishop of the Diocese of Roseau.
He replaces Archbishop Gabriel Malzaire, who served as Bishop for 20 years before being named Metropolitan Archbishop of Castries, St Lucia in 2022.
Since the Diocese of Roseau had been without a Bishop since the departure of Archbishop Malzaire, the news of Fr. Forbes’ election was greeted with elation in Dominica.
“The initial reaction for myself and pretty well everyone is joy,” Monsignor William John-Lewis, Delegate of the Apostolic Administrator in the Diocese of Roseau, told Dominica News Online. “We have waited over two years to have a Bishop. So that is the first thing. It means, of course, a lot of work ahead for all of us.”
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