Prince Albert Diocese

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Prince Albert Diocese
Map of Prince Albert Diocese
Basic data
Country Canada
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Regina
Diocesan bishop Albert Privet Thévenot MAfr
Emeritus diocesan bishop Blaise-Ernest Morand
surface 118,834 km²
Parishes 89 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Residents 187,278 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics 50.109 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
proportion of 26.8%
Diocesan priest 34 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious priest 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics per priest 983
Permanent deacons 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 )
Friars 18 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious sisters 90 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral
Website www.padiocese.ca

The Diocese of Prince Albert ( lat. : Dioecesis Principis albertensis ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Prince Albert .

history

The Diocese of Prince Albert was on June 4, 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. established from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface as the Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan . The Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan was raised to a diocese on December 2, 1907 by Pope Pius X and renamed the Diocese of Prince Albert . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Regina as a suffragan . The Diocese of Prince-Albert was renamed on April 30, 1921 in the Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon . The Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon gave on May 6, 1921 parts of its territory to establish the Territorial Abbey of Saint Peter-Muenster . On June 9, 1933, the Diocese of Prince Albert Saskatoon by Pope Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiarum omnium divided into the dioceses of Prince-Albert and Saskatoon .

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Saskatchewan

Bishops of Prince Albert

  • 1907-1920 Albert Pascal OMI

Bishops of Prince Albert Saskatoon

Bishops of Prince Albert

See also

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