Episcopal ordination in Jamaica set for September

GUYANA

Fr John Persaud, Bishop-elect of Mandeville, Jamaica will now be ordained as the fourth Bishop of the diocese Saturday, September 19, 11 a.m. Jamaica time (noon in Guyana) at the Cathedral of the St Paul, Mandeville.

In an official statement from the Bishop-elect, the date of his episcopal ordination was originally set for August 15—the Solemnity of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother. However, with Guyana’s borders still closed because of the coronavirus, “we felt that it would be best to shift the date”.

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