Mackenzie-Fort Smith Diocese
| Mackenzie-Fort Smith Diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan |
| Diocesan bishop | Jon Hansen CSsR |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Denis Croteau OMI |
| surface | 1,523,400 km² |
| Parishes | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 50,568 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 36,375 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 71.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,042 |
| Friars | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Joseph |
| Website | mfsdiocese.org |
The Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith ( Latin Dioecesis Mackenziensis-Arcis Smith , English Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith ) is one in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Fort Smith .
history
The Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith was created on July 3, 1901 as a result of the division of the Apostolic Vicariate Athabaska Mackenzie as Apostolic Vicariate Mackenzie . The Apostolic Vicariate Mackenzie gave on March 9, 1908 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Yukon-Prince Rupert .
The Apostolic Vicariate Mackenzie was on July 13, 1967 by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Quae ad rei raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Mackenzie
- 1901-1943 Gabriel Breynat OMI
- 1943–1958 Joseph-Marie Trocellier OMI
- 1959–1967 Paul Piché OMI
Bishops of Mackenzie-Fort Smith
- 1967–1986 Paul Piché OMI
- 1986-2008 Denis Croteau OMI
- 2008–2012 Murray Chatlain
- 2013–2017 Mark Hagemoen , then Bishop of Saskatoon
- 2017– Jon Hansen CSsR