Grand Falls diocese
| Grand Falls diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland |
| Diocesan bishop | Robert Anthony Daniels |
| Vicar General | William Houlahan |
| founding | 1856 |
| surface | 42,368 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 201,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 41,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 20.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,303 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Grand Falls |
| Co-cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Harbor Grace |
| Website | www.rcdiocesegrandfalls.ca |
The Diocese of Grand Falls ( Latin Dioecesis Grandicataractensis , English Diocese of Grand Falls ) is one in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Grand Falls-Windsor .
history
The diocese Grand Falls was on February 29, 1856 by Pope Pius IX. from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Newfoundland as the Diocese of Harbor Grace . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland as a suffragan . The Diocese of Harbor Grace gave up on July 13, 1945 parts of its territory to establish the Vicariate Apostolic Labrador . On February 22, 1958, the Diocese of Harbor Grace was renamed the Diocese of Harbor Grace-Grand Falls . The Diocese of Harbor Grace-Grand Falls was renamed on October 30, 1964 in the Diocese of Grand Falls .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Harbor Grace
- 1856-1869 John Dalton
- 1870–1880 Enrico Carfagnini OFM , then Bishop of Gallipoli
- 1881-1906 Ronald MacDonald
- 1906-1940 John March
- 1940-1958 John Michael O'Neill
Bishops of Harbor Grace-Grand Falls
- 1958–1964 John Michael O'Neill
Bishops of Grand Falls
- 1958–1964 John Michael O'Neill
- 1972–1979 Alphonsus Liguori Penney , then Archbishop of Saint John's, Newfoundland
- 1980–1998 Joseph Faber MacDonald , then Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick
- 2000-2011 Martin William Currie
- 2011– Robert Anthony Daniels
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Grand Falls (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Grand Falls on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
