Prince George Diocese
| Prince George Diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Vancouver |
| Diocesan bishop | Stephen Jensen |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gerald William Wiesner OMI |
| Vicar General | Richard Beaudette OMI |
| surface | 345,600 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 263,461 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 57,626 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 21.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,744 |
| Friars | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | www.pgdiocese.bc.ca |
The Diocese of Prince George ( Latin Dioecesis Principis Georgensis , English Diocese of Prince George ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Prince George in British Columbia in Canada .
The diocese was first founded on January 14, 1944 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Prince Rupert , as a split from the Whitehorse diocese and raised to an independent diocese on July 13, 1967, which was assigned to the Archdiocese of Vancouver as a suffragan .
Until 2012 all bishops belonged to the Order of the Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary (OMI).
Bishops
- 1944–1945 Émile-Marie Bunoz OMI
- 1945–1955 Anthony Jordan OMI, later Coadjutor Archbishop of Edmonton
- 1955-1986 John Fergus O'Grady OMI
- 1986–1991 Hubert Patrick O'Connor OMI
- 1992–2012 Gerald William Wiesner OMI
- 2012– Stephen Arthur Jensen