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Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel_Church,_Cruz_Bay Latitude and Longitude:

18°19′48.7″N 64°47′43.7″W / 18.330194°N 64.795472°W / 18.330194; -64.795472
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
18°19′48.7″N 64°47′43.7″W / 18.330194°N 64.795472°W / 18.330194; -64.795472
Location Cruz Bay
CountryUnited States Virgin Islands
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church [1] is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Cruz Bay, [2] Saint John the smallest of the three main islands of the US Virgin Islands [3] in the Caribbean Sea.

The church was opened and blessed in 1962, follows the Roman or Latin rite and is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands [4] (Dioecesis Sancti Thomae in Insulis Virgineis). It has its origins in the donation of land that made William Callahan in early 1960 to build a Catholic parish.

In 2012 the parish began a campaign to seek a donation of land to build another church in the sector because the current church became insufficient for the needs and size of the congregation.

See also

Another View
The inside of the church

References

  1. ^ Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Cruz Bay
  2. ^ Porter, Darwin; McDonald (1992-01-01). Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide, the Virgin Islands '92-'93. Prentice Hall Travel. ISBN  9780133347234.
  3. ^ Lohr, Lynda (2012-09-03). Top 10 US & British Virgin Islands. Penguin. ISBN  9780756695453.
  4. ^ "Our Lady of Mount Carmel at P.O. Box 241, Cruz Bay, Saint John, Virgin Islands 00831 (Saint John County) (Filtered by: 00831) Virgin Islands (US)". www.thecatholicdirectory.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-06-05.