GOVERNMENT OF DOMINICA ACCORDS OFFICIAL FUNERAL TO HIS EMINENCEKELVIN EDWARD CARDINAL FELIX

The Government of Dominica has accorded an official funeral to His Eminence Kelvin Edward Cardinal Felix.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated for the late Cardinal Felix at the Cathedral Chapel

in Roseau on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Viewing will take place on

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Cathedral Chapel.

Flags will be flown at half-staff on all public buildings on Tuesday, June 18 and

Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

Cardinal Felix, the first Catholic priest to be ordained in Dominica, entered the

priesthood in 1956 and was consecrated Archbishop in 1981. He was President of the

Antilles Episcopal Conference and the Caribbean Conference of Churches, and

proclaimed Cardinal by Pope Francis in 2014.

He was the recipient of Dominica’s highest honour, the Dominica Award of Honour in

1999.

The Government of Dominica expresses sincerest condolences to his bereaved family

and the members of the Catholic community in Dominica and the Caribbean.