Bishopric of Saskatoon
| Bishopric of Saskatoon | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Regina |
| Diocesan bishop | Mark Hagemoen |
| founding | 1933 |
| surface | 44,800 km² |
| Parishes | 95 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 315,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 97,800 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 31% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 39 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,223 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 48 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 145 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Paul's Cathedral in Saskatoon |
| Co-cathedral | St. Peter's Co-Cathedral in Muenster |
| Website | www.saskatoonrcdiocese.com |
The Diocese of Saskatoon ( lat. : Dioecesis Saskatoonensis ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Saskatoon .
history
The diocese was created on June 9, 1933 as a result of the division of the Diocese of Prince Albert Saskatoon and was by Pope Pius XI. subordinated to the Archdiocese of Regina as a suffragan with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiarum omnium . On September 14, 1998, the territories of the dissolved diocese Gravelbourg and the dissolved territorial abbey of Saint Peter-Muenster were annexed to the diocese of Saskatoon .
In 1936 the St. Thomas More College was founded on the initiative of the diocese .
Bishops of Saskatoon
- 1934-1944 Gerald Murray CSsR , then coadjutor archbishop of Winnipeg
- 1944–1951 Philip Francis Pocock , then Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg
- 1952–1967 Francis Joseph Klein , then Bishop of Calgary
- 1967–1995 James Patrick Mahoney
- 1996–2000 James Vernon Weisgerber , then Archbishop of Winnipeg
- 2001–2009 Albert LeGatt , then Archbishop of Saint-Boniface
- 2009–2016 Donald Bolen , then Archbishop of Regina
- 2017– Mark Hagemoen
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Saskatoon (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Saskatoon on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
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