Whitehorse bishopric
Whitehorse bishopric | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Canada |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan |
Diocesan bishop | Hector Vila |
surface | 723,515 km² |
Parishes | 22 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Residents | 43,250 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics | 8,200 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
proportion of | 19% |
Diocesan priest | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,025 |
Friars | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
English French |
cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Website | http://www.whitehorsediocese.com/ |
The Whitehorse Diocese ( Latin : Dioecesis Equialbensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory in Canada .
The diocese was first founded on March 9, 1908 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yukon-Prince Rupert . On November 20, 1916, the elevation to the Apostolic Vicariate Yukon-Prince Rupert took place , which was renamed on January 14, 1944 in Apostolic Vicariate Whitehorse.
On July 13, 1967, the independent diocese of Whitehorse was founded and assigned to the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan as a suffragan .
Bishops
- 1908–1944 Émile-Marie Bunoz OMI , then Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert
- 1944–1965 Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert OMI
- 1965–1971 James Philip Mulvihill OMI
- 1971–1986 Hubert Patrick O'Connor OMI, then Bishop of Prince George
- 1987–2000 Thomas Joseph Lobsinger OMI
- 2006–2014 Gary M. Gordon , then Bishop of Victoria
- 2015– Héctor Vila