Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador
Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Canada |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland |
Diocesan bishop | Bartolomeus van Roijen |
founding | 1870 |
surface | 310,302 km² |
Parishes | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 128,400 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 45,190 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 35.2% |
Diocesan priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,738 |
Friars | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer and Immaculate Conception |
Website | www.rcchurch.com |
The Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador ( Latin Dioecesis Riviangulanensis-Labradorensis , English Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador ) is a in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Corner Brook .
history
The diocese Corner Brook and Labrador was on May 9, 1870 by Pope Pius IX. established from cession of territory of the diocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland as Apostolic Prefecture of West Newfoundland . The Apostolic Prefecture of West Newfoundland was founded on April 28, 1892 by Pope Leo XIII. raised to the apostolic vicariate . On February 18, 1904, the Vicariate Apostolic of West Newfoundland was elevated to a diocese by Pope Pius X and renamed the Diocese of Saint George’s . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland as a suffragan . On May 31, 2007, the Diocese of Saint George's Labrador Territory , which belonged to the dissolved Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville , was annexed. In addition, the diocese of Saint George's was renamed the Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Western Newfoundland
- 1871-1885 Thomas Sears
- 1885-1892 Michael Francis Howley
Vicars Apostolic of West Newfoundland
- 1892–1894 Michael Francis Howley, then Bishop of Saint John's, Newfoundland
- 1895-1904 Neil McNeil
Bishops of Saint George's
- 1904–1910 Neil McNeil, then Archbishop of Vancouver
- 1911-1920 Michael Fintan Power
- 1920–1941 Henry Thomas Renouf
- 1941-1970 Michael O'Reilly
- 1970–1985 Richard Thomas McGrath
- 1986–2003 Raymond John Lahey , then Bishop of Antigonish
- 2003-2007 David Douglas Crosby OMI
Bishops of Corner Brook and Labrador
- 2007–2010 David Douglas Crosby OMI, then Bishop of Hamilton
- 2011–2018 Peter Joseph Hundt , then Archbishop of Saint John's, Newfoundland
- since 2019 Bartolomeus van Roijen
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Constitutio Apostolica Riviangulanensis-Labradorensis Apostolic Constitution for the foundation of the diocese (Latin)