Diocese of Moosonee
| Diocese of Moosonee | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas |
| Diocesan bishop | canceled |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Vincent Cadieux OMI |
| founding | December 3, 1938 |
| surface | 900,000 km² |
| Parishes | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 34,900 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 7,450 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 21.3% |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,483 |
| Friars | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
The Diocese of Moosonee ( Latin Dioecesis Musonitana , English Diocese of Moosonee ) was one in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Moosonee . On December 3, 2018, Pope Francis united the diocese with the Hearst diocese to form the Hearst-Moosonee diocese .
history
On December 3, 1938, Pope Pius XI established out of territory of the Diocese of Haileybury and the Apostolic Vicariate Northern Ontario , the Apostolic Vicariate of James Bay established. Its territory included northern Ontario and part of Quebec . The James Bay Apostolic Vicariate was founded on July 13, 1967 by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese Moosonee . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas as a suffragan . The part of its territory belonging to Québec was given by the Diocese of Moosonee to the Diocese of Amos on May 31, 2007 , so that its area only consisted of northern Ontario. On December 3, 2018, Pope Francis united the Diocese of Moosonee with the Diocese of Hearst to form the Diocese of Hearst-Moosonee . This is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Ottawa as a suffragan. The previous Bishop of Hearst, Robert Bourgon , who had administered the Diocese of Moosonee as Apostolic Administrator since 2016 , was appointed Bishop of the united Diocese.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of James Bay
- 1939–1964 Henri Belleau OMI
- 1964–1967 Jules Leguerrier OMI
Bishops of Moosonee
- 1967–1991 Jules Leguerrier OMI
- 1991-2016 Vincent Cadieux OMI
- 2016–2018, Apostolic Administrator: Robert Bourgon
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fusione delle diocesi di Hearst e Moosonee (Canada) nell'unica circoscrizione di Hearst-Moosonee e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 3, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018 (Italian).