Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough
Diocese of Peterborough Dioecesis Peterboroughensis | |
|---|---|
St. Peter-in-Chains | |
| Patron saint | St. Peter & St. Patrick |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Most Rev. Daniel J. Miehm |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Most Rev. Michael Mulhall |
| Vicar General | Msgr. Michael Heffernan |
| Website | |
| peterboroughdiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Peterborough (
Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains in Peterborough, Ontario. On March 10, 2017, Pope Francis named former
History
Established on 25 January 1874 as
Statistics and extent
As per 2014, it pastorally served 61,700 Catholics (13.8% of 447,000 total) on 25,900 km2 in 40 parishes and a mission with 69 priests (56 diocesan, 13 religious), 8 deacons, 92 lay religious (13 brothers, 79 sisters) and 2 seminarians.
As of 2006, the diocese contained 88,741 Catholics in 43 parishes, 104 priests, 9 religious priests, 101 Women Religious and 12 deacons.
The Diocese of Peterborough includes the Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts, the counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, and Victoria, that portion of the Regional District of Durham which formally was the County of Durham and five townships of the County of Haliburton.
Bishops
(all Roman Rite)[3]
- Apostolic Vicar of Northern Canada
- Titular Bishop of Sarepta(1874.02.03 – 1882.07.11)
- Suffragan Bishops of Peterborough
- Jean-François Jamot (see above 11 July 1882 - death 4 May 1886)
- Thomas Joseph Dowling (14 December 1886 - 11 January 1889); next Bishop of Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) (1889.01.11 – death 1924.08.06)
- Richard Alphonsus O’Connor(born Ireland) (11 January 1889 - death 23 January 1913)
- Kingston(Ontario, Canada) (1938.02.23 – death 1943.08.30)
- Dennis P. O'Connor (30 January 1930 - death 30 August 1942)
- Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (1945.04.14 – 1950.04.13), succeeding as Bishop of Antigonish(1950.04.13 – death 1959.12.18)
- Halifax(Canada) (1953.11.28 – 1967.05.12) and President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1960 – 1964)
- Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) (1946.09.24 – 1954.04.24); emeritate as Titular Bishop of Tigamibena(1968.03.12 – death 1981.01.18)
- Francis Anthony Marrocco (10 June 1968 - death 18 July 1975), previously Titular Bishop of Limnæ (in Pisidia) (1955.12.01 – 1968.06.10) as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) (1955.12.01 – 1968.06.10)
- James Leonard Doyle (24 May 1976 - retired 28 December 2002), died 2004
- Nicola De Angelis (born Italy) (28 December 2002 - retired April 2014), previously Titular Bishop of Remesiana (1992.04.27 – 2002.12.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) (1992.04.27 – 2002.12.28)
- (Alberta, Canada) (4 January 2017 – ...).
- Daniel J. Miehm (10 March 2017 - ...), previously Titular Bishop of Gor (20 February 2013 - 10 March 2017) as Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) (20 February 2013 - 10 March 2017).
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- David Joseph Scollard, appointed Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in 1904
- Michael Mulhall, appointed Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario in 2007
See also
References
- ^ News, Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic. "Bishop Miehm eager to bring pastoral approach to Peterborough". www.catholicregister.org.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "History of the Diocese". www.peterboroughdiocese.org. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pete0.htm GCatholic
Sources and external links
- GCatholic, with Google map and satellite photo - data for all sections
- Diocese of Peterborough page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved August 2, 2006
- the Catholic Encyclopedia
