Roman Catholic Church in Canada

Toronto Cathedral Church

The Roman Catholic Church in Canada is part of the Roman Catholic Church worldwide .

organization

42.6% of Canadians are Catholics. French Canadians are predominantly Catholic . The oldest English-speaking Catholic diocese is the Archdiocese of Kingston . The largest diocese, Montréal, has 1,889,000 Catholics. It is followed by the Archdiocese of Toronto with 1,605,000 and the Archdiocese of Québec with 1,007,766 Catholics. The Roman Catholic Church in Canada is divided into 18 archdiocese and 45 associated suffragan dioceses .

Pope John Paul II visited Canada in 1984, 1987 and 2002.

List of bishoprics in Canada

• Immediate : Archdiocese of Winnipeg , military ordinariate
• Archdiocese of Edmonton : Diocese of Calgary , Diocese of Saint Paul, Alberta
• Archdiocese of Gatineau : Diocese of Amos , Diocese of Mont-Laurier , Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda
• Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan : Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith , Diocese of Whitehorse
• Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth : Diocese of Antigonish , Diocese of Charlottetown
• Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas : Diocese of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson
• Archdiocese of Kingston : Diocese of Peterborough , Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie
• Archdiocese of Moncton : Diocese of Bathurst , Diocese of Edmundston , Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
• Archdiocese of Montréal : Diocese of Joliette , Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil , Diocese of Saint-Jérôme , Diocese of Valleyfield
• Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall : Diocese of Hearst-Moosonee , Diocese of Pembroke , Diocese of Timmins
• Archdiocese of Québec : Diocese of Chicoutimi , Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière , Diocese of Trois Rivières
• Archdiocese of Regina : Diocese of Prince-Albert , Diocese of Saskatoon
• Archdiocese of Rimouski : Diocese of Baie-Comeau , Diocese of Gaspé
• Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface
• Archdiocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland : Diocese of Grand Falls , Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador
• Archdiocese of Sherbrooke : Diocese of Nicolet , Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
• Archdiocese of Toronto : Diocese of Hamilton , Diocese of London , Diocese of Saint Catharines , Diocese of Thunder Bay
• Archdiocese of Vancouver : Diocese of Kamloops , Diocese of Nelson , Diocese of Prince George , Diocese of Victoria

Other / see also

• The Apostolic Nuncio in Canada is Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Canadian Bishops' Conference (2017-2019 Presidency: Bishop Lionel Gendron PSS)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIA World Factbook: Canada information from December 2010 (English)
2. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 755.
3. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 486.
4. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 599.
5. ^ Mike Simpson: Gendron elected president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops . The Catholic Register, September 28, 2017, accessed March 5, 2018.

Web links

• Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

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