Catholic Church in Barbados

{{Short description|None}} The '''Catholic Church in Barbados''' is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]]. At first, Catholicism had difficulty establishing itself in [[Barbados]], which early in its colonial history was primarily [[Protestant]], but with the abolition of [[slavery]] there in 1838, it began to take root. Currently, Catholics comprise about 4% of churchgoing Barbadians under the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgetown|Diocese of Bridgetown]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barbados.org/churches/catholic.htm|title=Historic Catholic Churches of Barbados}}</ref>

==Churches== The Catholic churches in Barbados are: *[[St. Patrick's Cathedral, Bridgetown]] *[[Our Lady Queen of the Universe, Bridgetown]] *[[St. Dominic's Catholic Church, Christ Church]] *[[Our Lady of Sorrow, St. Peter]] *[[Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Barbados|Our Lady of the Rosary Church, St.John]] *[[Sacred Heart Catholic Church, St.Phillip]] *[[St.Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, St.James]]

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