List of Catholic dioceses in Canada
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Image:Canada Roman Catholic dioceses map.pngs and dioceses of the Catholic Church in Canada. Each color represents one of the 18 Latin Church provinces.]]
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The Catholic Church in Canada comprises
- a Latin Church hierarchy, consisting of eighteen ecclesiastical provinces each headed by a metropolitan archbishop, with a total of 54 suffragan dioceses, each headed by a bishop, and a non-metropolitan archbishopric, plus a military ordinariate (including 14 auxiliary bishops, for a total of 79 bishops).
- a Ukrainian Catholic ecclesiastical province, comprising a metropolitan archeparchy and four suffragan eparchies
- six single jurisdictions for other Eastern Catholic Churches.
Those bishops all belong to the Canadian episcopal conference, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (C.C.C.B., HQ in national capital Ottawa).
Three Eastern Catholic churches have US-based North American jurisdictions covering Canada, as does the Latin Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter for former Anglicans headquartered in the US.
There also in an Apostolic Nunciature to Canada as papal diplomatic (embassy-level) representation.
Current Latin Provinces and Dioceses
= Latin ''sui iuris'' jurisdictions =
The following particular churches are not suffragan to metropolitan sees, but are instead immediately subject to the Holy See:
- The Archdiocese of Winnipeg (not Metropolitan) is an independent Latin Church district, serving southwestern portions of Manitoba.
- The Military Ordinariate of Canada serves Canadian servicemen abroad and is not defined by geographical territory.
- The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter serves Catholics of the Anglican Use in both Canada and the United States.
= Ecclesiastical province of Edmonton =
The province geographically consists of the majority of Alberta, except for the province's northwestern corner.
= Ecclesiastical province of Gatineau =
The province geographically consists of the western third of Quebec.
= Ecclesiastical province of Grouard-McLennan =
The province geographically consists of the entirety of Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, plus the northwestern corner of Alberta, the western third of Nunavut, and a tiny portion of northern Saskatchewan.
= Ecclesiastical province of Halifax-Yarmouth =
The province is geographically conterminous with the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
= Ecclesiastical province of Keewatin-Le Pas =
= Ecclesiastical province of Kingston =
The province geographically consists of central and parts of eastern Ontario.
= Ecclesiastical province of Moncton =
The province is geographically coterminous with the province of New Brunswick.
= Ecclesiastical province of Montréal =
The province geographically consists of south-central portions of Quebec.
= Ecclesiastical province of Ottawa-Cornwall =
The province geographically consists of northeastern and parts of eastern Ontario.
= Ecclesiastical province of Québec =
The province geographically consists of north-central portions of Quebec.
= Ecclesiastical province of Regina =
The province geographically consists of the southern two-thirds of Saskatchewan.
= Ecclesiastical province of Rimouski =
The province geographically consists of northeastern portions of Quebec.
= Ecclesiastical province of Saint Boniface =
The province geographically consists of the southeastern portion of Manitoba.
= Ecclesiastical province of St. John's =
The province is geographically coterminous with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
= Ecclesiastical province of Sherbrooke =
The province geographically consists of portions of southeastern Quebec.
= Ecclesiastical province of Toronto =
The province geographically consists of southern and portions of northwestern Ontario.
= Ecclesiastical province of Vancouver =
The province is geographically coterminous with the province of British Columbia except for the northernmost portion of B.C. above 57 degrees latitude.
Current Eastern Catholic province and dioceses
These belong to particular churches sui iuris, which use a non-Latin rite (Byzantine or other) but are in full communion with Rome and the entirety of the Catholic Church, yet have their own patriarch or other hierarch directly under Rome
= Metropolia of Winnipeg (Ukrainian Catholic) =
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Canada, a particular church, using the Byzantine Rite in both the Ukrainian language and local vernacular, is organized into a metropolia (or ecclesiastical province) consisting of a metropolitan archeparchy (archdiocese) and its four suffragan eparchies (dioceses) :
= Other Eastern Catholic dioceses in Canada =
- Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto, part of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal, part of the Maronite Church
- Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal, part of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga, part of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
- Syrian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate for Canada, part of the Syriac Catholic Church
- Slovak Catholic Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto, part of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh, USA (formerly part of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church).{{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/03/03/220303b.html|title=Rinunce e nomine, 03.03.2022|date=3 March 2022|access-date=4 March 2022}}
=International Eastern Catholic jurisdictions=
Several Eastern Catholic Churches have jurisdictions that include members and congregations in both the United States and Canada:
- Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale, part of the Armenian Catholic Church
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada, part of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in Canton, part of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Former jurisdictions
= Titular see =
= Other suppressed jurisdictions =
Nearly all other former jurisdictions have direct successors, usually after promotion, except :
- Apostolic Prefecture of Placentia, suppressed (merged into Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland)
- Territorial Abbacy of Saint Peter–Muenster, suppressed (merged into Diocese of Saskatoon)
- Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville, suppressed (merged into Diocese of Amos, Diocese of Baie-Comeau and Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador)
- Diocese of Harbour Grace, suppressed (merged into Diocese of Grand Falls)
- Diocese of Moosonee, suppressed (merged with the Diocese of Hearst, to create the new Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee)
- Diocese of Yarmouth, suppressed (merged into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halifax, which simultaneously became Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halifax–Yarmouth)
- Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, suppressed (merged into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa, which simultaneously became Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall)
- Diocese of St. George's, suppressed (merged into Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador)
Gallery of Archdiocesan sees
File:St Joseph s Basillica Compressed.jpg| The seat of the Archdiocese of Edmonton is St. Joseph's Basilica.
File:John-the-Baptist-McLennan.jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan is Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.
File:Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica (Halifax).jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth is St. Mary's Basilica.
File:St. Mary's Cathedral, Kingston ON (2010-Apr-14).jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Kingston is St. Mary's Cathedral.
File:Basilique-cathedrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde 06.jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Montreal is Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral.
File:Notre-Dame Ottawa.jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Ottawa is Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica.
File:Cathédrale de Québec.jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Quebec is Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral.
File:Holy Rosary, 2008.jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Regina is Holy Rosary Cathedral.
File:La Cathédrale, Gravelbourg, SK.jpg | The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Regina is Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral.
File:Cathédrale Saint-Germain de Rimouski, Québec.JPG | The seat of the Archdiocese of Rimouski is Saint-Germain Cathedral.
File:St Boniface Cathedral Facade Aug 2007.JPG | The seat of the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface is Saint Boniface Cathedral.
File:St John's Basilica.jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of St. John's is Basilica of St. John the Baptist.
File:Cathédrale Saint-Michel Sherbrooke.jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke is Saint-Michel Basilica-Cathedral.
File:St Michael's Cathedral from Bond and Shuter.jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Toronto is St. Michael's Cathedral.
File:Holy Rosary Cathedral Vancouver (29785801877).jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Vancouver is Holy Rosary Cathedral.
File:StMaryswpg2.jpg | The seat of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg is St. Mary's Cathedral.
See also
Sources and external links
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/CA-province.htm GCatholic.org - data for all sections]
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dca2.html Catholic-Hierarchy entry]
- [http://www.canadamasstimes.org/ CanadaMassTimes.org]
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