Diocese of Charlottetown
| Diocese of Charlottetown | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth |
| Diocesan bishop | Richard John Grecco |
| Vicar General | John Lacey |
| founding | 1829 |
| surface | 5,660 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 147,300 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 73,300 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 49.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,383 |
| Friars | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Dunstan's Cathedral Basilica |
| Website | www.dioceseofcharlottetown.com |
The Diocese of Charlottetown ( Latin Dioecesis Carolinapolitana , English Diocese of Charlottetown ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Charlottetown .
St. Dunstan's Cathedral Basilica in Charlottetown
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history
The diocese of Charlottetown was established on August 11, 1829 by Pope Pius VIII with the Apostolic Constitution Inter multiplices from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Québec . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth as a suffragan .
Bishops of Charlottetown
- 1829–1835 Aeneas Bernard MacEachern
- 1837-1859 Bernard Donald McDonald
- 1860-1891 Peter McIntyre
- 1891–1912 James Charles McDonald
- 1913–1920 Henry Joseph O'Leary , then Archbishop of Edmonton
- 1920-1930 Louis James O'Leary
- 1931–1944 Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan , then Archbishop of Kingston
- 1944-1954 James Boyle
- 1954–1970 Malcolm MacEachern
- 1970–1982 Francis John Spence , then Archbishop of Kingston
- 1982–1991 James Hector MacDonald CSC , then Archbishop of Saint John's, Newfoundland
- 1991–2009 Joseph Vernon Fougère
- 2009– Richard John Grecco
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Charlottetown (English)
- Entry for the Diocese of Charlottetown on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
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