Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay
Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Canada |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas |
Diocesan bishop | Wiesław Krótki OMI |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Reynald Rouleau OMI |
Vicar General | Jusepi Meeus OMI |
surface | 2,300,000 km² |
Parishes | 22 (2016 ( AP 2017 )) |
Residents | 36,000 (2016 ( AP 2017 )) |
Catholics | 10,217 (2016 ( AP 2017 )) |
proportion of | 28.4% |
Diocesan priest | 4 (2016 ( AP 2017 )) |
Religious priest | 7 (2016 ( AP 2017 )) |
Catholics per priest | 929 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 ( AP 2017 )) |
Friars | 7 (2016 ( AP 2017 )) |
Religious sisters | 2 (2016 ( AP 2017 )) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathédrale Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens-et-Reine-des-Martyrs |
Website | http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dchur.html |
The Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay ( Latin Dioecesis Churchillpolitana sine de Hudson , English Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay , French Diocèse de Churchill-Baie d'Hudson ) is a in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Churchill .
history
The Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay was on July 11, 1925 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Divini verbi from cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Keewatin as Apostolic Prefecture Baie d'Hudson . The Apostolic Prefecture of Hudson Bay was founded on December 21, 1931 by Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Supremum officium raised to the Apostolic Vicariate . On July 13, 1945, the Vicariate Apostolic Baie d'Hudson gave up parts of its territory to establish the Vicariate Apostolic Labrador .
The Apostolic Vicariate of Baie d'Hudson was founded on July 13, 1967 by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese Churchill . On January 29, 1968, the Diocese of Churchill was renamed the Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay .
The Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Baie d'Hudson
- 1925–1931 Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil OMI
Vicars Apostolic of Baie d'Hudson
- 1931–1942 Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil OMI
- 1942-1967 Marc Lacroix OMI
Bishops of Churchill
- 1967–1968 Marc Lacroix OMI
Bishops of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson
- 1968 Marc Lacroix OMI
- 1970–1986 Omer Alfred Robidoux OMI
- 1987-2013 Reynald Rouleau OMI
- 2013– Wiesław Krótki OMI
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Le diocèse de Churchill-Baie-d'Hudson , Mission chez nous, accessed on February 14, 2017 (French)
- Diocese of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson , The Catholic Directory, accessed February 14, 2017