Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan
| Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Diocesan bishop | Gérard Pettipas CSsR |
| Vicar General | Charles Lavoie |
| founding | April 8, 1862 |
| surface | 224,596 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 165,330 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 62,341 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 37.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,150 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| Website | www.archgm.ca |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Bishopric of Mackenzie-Fort Smith Bishopric of Whitehorse |
The Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan ( Latin Archidioecesis Gruardensis-McLennanpolitana , English Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in McLennan in Alberta in Canada .
history
The diocese was first founded on April 8, 1862 as the Apostolic Vicariate Athabaska Mackenzie from the Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface . On July 3, 1901, the name was changed to the Apostolic Vicariate Athabaska, on March 15, 1927 as the Apostolic Vicariate Grouard.
On July 13, 1967, the independent Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan was founded.
Bishops
- 1862–1890 Henri Joseph Faraud OMI
- 1890–1929 Émile Grouard OMI
- 1929–1937 Joseph-Wilfrid Guy OMI, then Bishop of Gravelbourg
- 1938–1953 Ubald Langlois OMI
- 1953–1972 Henri Routhier OMI
- 1972–1996 Henri Légaré OMI
- 1996-1998 Henri Goudreault OMI
- 2000-2006 Arthé Guimond
- since 2006 Gérard Pettipas CSsR
Web links
Commons : Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
