Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary
Diocese of Calgary Diœcesis Calgariensis | |
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Edmonton | |
Statistics | |
Area | 110,500 km2 (42,700 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 1,208,121[1] 546,400[1] (45.2%) |
Parishes | 67[1] |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 30 November 1912 |
Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Secular priests | 131 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | William McGrattan |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Richard William Smith |
Bishops emeritus | Frederick Henry |
Map | |
Website | |
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The Diocese of Calgary (
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary’s Cathedral, Calgary, Alberta. It is currently led by Bishop William McGrattan.[2]
History
Established on 1912.11.30 as Diocese of Calgary, Latin adjective Calgarien(sis), on territory split off from the
Bishops
Diocesan ordinaries
[3](all Roman Rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Calgary
- Halifax(Canada) (1937.02.17 – death 1952.11.18)
- John Thomas Kidd (1925.02.06 – 1931.07.03), next Bishop of London (Ontario, Canada) (1931.07.03 – death 1950.06.02)
- Peter Joseph Monahan (1932.06.10 – 1935.06.26), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada) (1935.06.26 – death 1947.05.06)
- Horrea(1966.12.28 – death 1967.02.25)
- Kingston(Canada) (1966.12.14 – retired 1982.03.12); died 1995
- Francis Joseph Klein (1967.02.25 – death 1968.02.03); previously Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1952.02.28 – 1967.02.25)
- Paul John O'Byrne (1968.06.20 – retired 1998.01.19), died 2004
- Frederick Henry (1998.01.19 – retired 2017.01.04), previously Titular Bishop of Carinola (1986.04.18 – 1995.03.24) as Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada) (1986.04.18 – 1995.03.24), Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada) (1995.03.24 – 1998.01.19)
- Furnos minor (2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08), Bishop of Peterborough(Canada) (2014.04.08 – 2017.01.04).
Auxiliary bishop
- Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (1963-1966), appointed Archbishop of Kingston
Statistics and extent
It includes the
As per 2014 it pastorally served 538,000 Catholics (45.5% of 1,183,000 total) on 110,500 km² in 69 parishes with 158 priests (123 diocesan, 35 religious), 50 deacons, 166 lay religious (46 brothers, 120 sisters) and 10 seminarians.[3]
The diocese contains 82+ parishes and missions specifically: 37 parishes in Calgary alone; of which, 10 are ethnic parishes, an additional university parish to serve the University of Calgary and 45+ parishes and missions designated for southern Alberta and the Rockies lower region. On December 3, 2017 Bishop McGrattan announced his intention to make Our Lady of the Rockies Parish in Canmore into a Diocesan Marian Shrine in the spring of 2019.[4]
In 2006: 87 diocesan priests, 38 religious
Calgary city Parishes
- Downtown:
- Northwest:
- Northeast
- Southwest
- Southeast
Rural Parishes and Missions
Beiseker
Bow Island
Claresholm
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Cluny
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
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Oyen
Picture Butte
Standoff
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See also
References
- ^ a b c Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2017 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017), 136.
- ^ "Appointments and Installations – Apostolic Nunciature in Canada".
- ^ a b "Diocese of Calgary, Canada".
- ^ "Home". rockiesparish.com.