Bathurst Diocese (Canada)
Bathurst Diocese (Canada) | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Canada |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Moncton |
Diocesan bishop | Daniel Jodoin |
founding | 1860 |
surface | 18,770 km² |
Parishes | 56 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 103,994 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 93,994 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 90.4% |
Diocesan priest | 32 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 3 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,686 |
Friars | 3 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 135 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
English French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur |
Website | www.diocesebathurst.ca |
The Diocese of Bathurst ( Latin Dioecesis Bathurstensis in Canada , French Diocèse de Bathurst , English Diocese of Bathurst in Canada ) is one in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Bathurst .
history
The Diocese of Bathurst was on May 8, 1860 by Pope Pius IX. from the cession of territory by the diocese of Saint John in America as the diocese of Chatham and subordinated to the archdiocese of Halifax as a suffragan . The diocese Chatham gave on February 22, 1936 parts of its territory to establish the Archdiocese of Moncton , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan. On March 13, 1938, the Diocese of Chatham was renamed the Diocese of Bathurst . The Diocese of Bathurst gave on December 16, 1944 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Edmundston .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Chatham
- 1860-1902 James Rogers
- 1902–1920 Thomas Francis Barry
- 1920–1938 Patrice Alexandre Chiasson CIM
Bishops of Bathurst
- 1938–1942 Patrice Alexandre Chiasson CIM
- 1942–1969 Camille-André Le Blanc
- 1969–1985 Edgar Godin
- 1985–1989 Arsène Richard
- 1989–2002 André Richard CSC , then Archbishop of Moncton
- 2002–2012 Valéry Vienneau , then Archbishop of Moncton
- 2012– Daniel Jodoin
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Bathurst (French)
- Entry on the Diocese of Bathurst on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)