Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Cruz Bay

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.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
LocationCruz Bay
Country United States Virgin Islands
 United States
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

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.

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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.

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