Diocese of Nelson
| Diocese of Nelson | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Vancouver |
| Diocesan bishop | Gregory Bittman |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Eugene Jerome Cooney John Dennis Corriveau OFMCap |
| founding | February 22, 1936 |
| surface | 144,000 km² |
| Parishes | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 417,535 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 98,730 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 23.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,085 |
| Friars | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Mary Immaculate Cathedral |
| Website | www.nelsondiocese.org |
The Diocese of Nelson ( Latin Dioecesis Nelsonensis , English Diocese of Nelson ) is an in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Nelson .
history
The Diocese of Nelson was on February 22, 1936 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Universorum christifidelium from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Vancouver and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Nelson
- 1936–1954 Martin Michael Johnson , then Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver
- 1955–1958 Thomas Joseph McCarthy , then Bishop of Saint Catharines
- 1958–1989 Wilfrid Emmett Doyle
- 1989–1995 Peter Joseph Mallon , then Archbishop of Regina
- 1996-2007 Eugene Jerome Cooney
- 2007–2018 John Dennis Corriveau, OFMCap
- 2018– Gregory Bittman