Archdiocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland

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Archdiocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland
Basic data
Country Canada
Diocesan bishop Peter Joseph Hundt
Emeritus diocesan bishop James Hector MacDonald CSC
Martin William Currie
surface 16,641 km²
Parishes 34 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 242.420 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 120,135 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 49.6%
Diocesan priest 37 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 11 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 2,503
Permanent deacons 2 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 19 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 139 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Website www.rcsj.org
Suffragan dioceses Bishopric of Corner Brook and Labrador
Bishopric of Grand Falls
St. John the Baptist Cathedral in St. John's

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's ( Latin Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in St. John's .

history

The archbishopric was on May 30, 1784 by Pope Pius VI. established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Newfoundland . The Apostolic Prefecture of Newfoundland was founded on January 5, 1796 by Pius VI. raised to the apostolic vicariate . On June 4, 1847, the Vicariate Apostolic Newfoundland was by Pope Pius IX. raised to the diocese. The Diocese of Newfoundland gave up on February 29, 1856 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Harbor Grace .

On February 29, 1856, the Diocese of Newfoundland was renamed the Diocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland . The diocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland gave up parts of its territory on May 9, 1870, establishing the Apostolic Prefecture of West Newfoundland . Another assignment of territory took place on September 16, 1870 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Placentia . In 1891 the Apostolic Prefecture of Placentia was dissolved and the territory was annexed to the Diocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland. On February 8, 1904, the diocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland was raised to an archbishopric by Pope Pius X.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Newfoundland

Vicars Apostolic of Newfoundland

Bishops of Newfoundland

Bishops of Saint John's, Newfoundland

Archbishops of Saint John's, Newfoundland

See also

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ^ Archbishop Martin W. Currie, DD website of the Eruzdiocese of St. John's, accessed on March 5, 2018 (English).