Bishopric of Antigonish
Bishopric of Antigonish | |
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Country | Canada |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth |
Diocesan bishop | Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Raymond John Lahey |
founding | September 22, 1844 |
surface | 18,800 km² |
Parishes | 76 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 205,145 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 115,830 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 56.5% |
Diocesan priest | 95 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,170 |
Permanent deacons | 9 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Friars | 4 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 200 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Ninian Cathedral |
Website | antigonishdiocese.com |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish ( Latin Dioecesis Antigonicensis , English Diocese of Antigonish ) is in Canada located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Antigonish (Nova Scotia).
It was founded on September 22, 1844 as the Diocese of Arichat from the Archdiocese of Halifax . On August 23, 1886 the name was changed to Antigonish Diocese. The diocese includes the counties of Antigonish , Pictou , Guysborough , Richmond , Inverness , Victoria and Cape Breton in Nova Scotia .
Well known is the 1874 built cathedral " St. Ninian Cathedral".
In 1853, Bishop Colin Francis MacKinnon founded Saint Francis Xavier University , initially as a seminary .
Bishops
- 1844-1851 William Fraser
- 1851–1877 Colin Francis MacKinnon
- 1877-1910 John Cameron
- 1912-1950 James Morrison
- 1950-1959 John Roderick MacDonald
- 1960–1986 William Edward Power
- 1986-2002 Colin Campbell
- 2003-2009 Raymond John Lahey
- 2009 Anthony Mancini ( Apostolic Administrator )
- 2009–2019 Brian Joseph Dunn (then Coadjutor Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth)
- since 2019 Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick
See also
Web links
- Website of the diocese (English)
- Entry for the Bishopric of Antigonish on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)