Vicariate Apostolic of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
| Vicariate Apostolic of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Apostolic Vicar | dissolved |
| Apostolic Vicar Emeritus |
Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer CSSp Pierre Gaschy CSSp |
| surface | 243 km² |
| Parishes | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 6,185 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 5,900 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 95.4% |
| Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,950 |
| Friars | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 6 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Pierre |
The Apostolic Vicariate Saint-Pierre and Miquelon ( Latin : Apostolicus Vicariatus Insularum Sancti Petri et Miquelonensis ) was a Roman Catholic diocese based in Saint-Pierre on Saint-Pierre, an island in the French overseas territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon .
Pope Benedict XIV founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon in 1753 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Québec and made it subject to the Archdiocese of Bordeaux as a suffragan . On November 16, 1970 this was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic Office .
On March 1, 2018, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the last Vicar Apostolic and abolished the Vicariate Apostolic. The territory was incorporated into the diocese of La Rochelle-Saintes .
Ordinaries
- Apostolic Prefects of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
- Girard CSSp (January 22, 1766-)
- Julien-François Becquet CSSp (April 28, 1767–1775, resigned)
- Jean Baptiste Paradis
- de Longueville CSSp (1788–1793, resigned)
- Ollivier (1816 - September 7, 1842, resigned)
- Amator Charlot CSSp (1842-1853, resigned)
- Jean-Marie Le Helloco (June 22, 1853–1864)
- Le Tournoux (1864-)
- Tiberi (1893-)
- Christophe-Louis Légasse (1898 - December 6, 1915, then Bishop of Oran )
- Joseph Oster CSSp (1916–1922, deceased)
- Charles Joseph Heitz (November 9, 1922–1933, resigned)
- Alfonso Poisson CSSp (1933–1945, deceased)
- Raymond Henry Martin CSSp (November 23, 1945–1966)
- François Joseph Maurer CSSp (May 17, 1966 - November 16, 1970)
- Vicars Apostolic of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
- François Joseph Maurer CSSp (November 16, 1970 - February 17, 2000, retired)
- Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer CSSp (February 17, 2000 - June 19, 2009, retired)
- Pierre Gaschy CSSp (June 19, 2009– March 1, 2018)
The incorporation into the diocese of La Rochelle took place on March 1, 2018.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rinuncia del Vicario Apostolico di Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon e accorpamento del Vicariato nella Diocesi di La Rochelle (Francia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 1, 2018, accessed March 1, 2018 (Italian).