Bishopric of Kamloops
| Bishopric of Kamloops | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Vancouver |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Nguyen |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Lawrence Sabatini CS David Monroe |
| founding | 1945 |
| surface | 120,000 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 425,623 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 58,870 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 13.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,944 |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | www.rcdk.org |
The Diocese of Kamloops ( Latin Dioecesis Kamloopsensis , English Diocese of Kamloops ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kamloops .
history
The Diocese of Kamloops was on December 22, 1945 by Pope Pius XII. built from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Vancouver and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Kamloops
- 1946–1952 Edward Quentin Jennings , then Bishop of Fort William
- 1952–1973 Michael Alphonsus Harrington
- 1974–1982 Adam Joseph Exner OMI , then Archbishop of Winnipeg
- 1982-1999 Lawrence Sabatini CS
- 2002-2016 David Monroe
- 2016– Joseph Nguyen
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Kamloops (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Kamloops on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)