| Prior to 1984, Turks and
Caicos Islands was a part of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction
of Nassau in the Bahamas. In 1984, it became a Missio
Sui Iuris (Independent Mission) and the first Ecclesiastical
Superior was Archbishop Lawrence A. Burke. During that
time the islands were served by a number of priests who
stayed anywhere from a few months to a year and a half.
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In the three years prior
to 1998 the islands were served by a priest who came for
some eight months of the year. The remaining six months
of those last three years there was no priest present
on the islands.
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July 1998, at the request
of the Holy See, the Archbishop of Newark provided two
priests to serve on a full time bases the Catholic community
of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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In the Fall of 1998 the
Archbishop of Newark, The Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick,
assumed responsibility as Ecclesiastical Superior of the
Missio Sui Iuris Turks and Caicos Islands.
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On 9th October 2001 The
Most Reverend John J. Myers succeeded Theodore Cardinal
McCarrick as Archbishop of Newark and as Ecclesiastical
Superior of the Missio Sui Iuris Turks and Caicos Islands.
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| Presently serving the Missio Sui Iuris Turks and Caicos Islands is the Reverend Monsignor Ronald J. Rozniak, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Newark. |
