Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth
| Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Diocesan bishop | Anthony Mancini |
| Coadjutor | Brian Joseph Dunn |
| Vicar General | Gerald David |
| founding | 4th July 1817 |
| surface | 34,055 km² |
| Parishes | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 757.224 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 202,390 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 26.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 62 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,628 |
| Permanent deacons | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 135 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Mary's Basilica |
| Website | catholichalifax.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Bishopric of Antigonish Bishopric of Charlottetown |
The Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth ( Latin Archidioecesis Halifaxiensis-Yarmuthensis , English Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth , French Archidiocèse d'Halifax-Yarmouth ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Nova Scotia , Canada , with its seat in Halifax .
The Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth was founded on July 4, 1817 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia from the Archdiocese of Québec . On February 15, 1842 it was renamed the Diocese of Halifax and was raised to a diocese . On May 4, 1852 he was appointed an archbishopric .
In 1829 the bishopric was assigned to Charlottetown . In 1844 the Diocese of Arichat , from 1886 Diocese of Antigonish , and in 1853 the Diocese of Yarmouth was founded as suffragan dioceses. Until the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture of the Bermuda Islands, today's Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda , in 1953, the Bermuda Islands also belonged to the Archdiocese of Halifax. On December 7, 2011, the merger with the diocese of Yarmouth took place.
The area of the archbishopric includes Queens County , Lunenburg County , Halifax County , Hants County , Cumberland County, and Colchester County .
Bishops
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- 1817-1820 Edmund Burke
- 1825–1844 William Fraser , then Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia
- 1844-1858 William Walsh
- 1859–1876 Thomas Louis Connolly, OFMCap
- 1877-1882 Michael Hannan
- 1882–1906 Cornelius O'Brien
- 1906-1931 Edward Joseph McCarthy
- 1931-1936 Thomas O'Donnell
- 1937-1952 John Thomas McNally
- 1953-1967 Joseph Gerald Berry
- 1967–1990 James Martin Hayes
- 1991-1998 Austin-Emile Burke
- 1998–2007 Terrence Thomas Prendergast SJ , then Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
- 2007– Anthony Mancini
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Halifax (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
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- ↑ cf. Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda , unfortunately also there without a source