Bishopric of Saint John, New Brunswick
| Bishopric of Saint John, New Brunswick | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Moncton |
| Diocesan bishop | Christian Riesbeck CC |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Joseph Edward Troy Robert Harris |
| founding | September 30, 1842 |
| surface | 60,000 km² |
| Parishes | 59 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 319,270 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 127,605 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 40% |
| Diocesan priest | 52 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.127 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 67 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English French |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Website | www.dioceseofsaintjohn.org |
The Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Canadensis , English Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick ) is one in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Saint John .
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history
The diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick was founded on September 30, 1842 by Pope Gregory XVI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Dominici gregis from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Québec as the Diocese of Saint John in America . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Québec as a suffragan . The diocese of Saint John in America gave up on May 8, 1860 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Chatham . On November 15, 1924, the Diocese of Saint John in America was renamed the Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick . The diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick gave on February 22, 1936 parts of its territory to establish the Archdiocese of Moncton , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Saint John in America
- 1842-1851 William Dollard
- 1852–1859 Thomas Louis Connolly OFMCap , then Archbishop of Halifax
- 1859-1901 John Sweeny
- 1901–1912 Timothy Casey , then Archbishop of Vancouver
- 1912–1924 Edward Alfred LeBlanc
Bishops of Saint John, New Brunswick
- 1924–1935 Edward Alfred LeBlanc
- 1936–1953 Patrick Albert Bray CIM
- 1953–1968 Alfred Bertram Leverman
- 1969–1973 Joseph Neil MacNeil , then Archbishop of Edmonton
- 1974–1986 Arthur Joseph Gilbert
- 1986–1997 Joseph Edward Troy
- 1998-2006 Joseph Faber MacDonald
- 2007-2019 Robert Harris
- since 2019 Christian Riesbeck CC