Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary

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Diocese of Calgary

Diœcesis Calgariensis
St Marys Cathedral Calgary-Day.jpg
St Mary's Cathedral
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceEdmonton
Statistics
Area110,500 km2 (42,700 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
1,208,121[1]
546,400[1] (45.2%)
Parishes67[1]
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 November 1912
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral
Secular priests131
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopWilliam McGrattan
Metropolitan ArchbishopRichard William Smith
Bishops emeritusFrederick Henry
Website
www.calgarydiocese.ca Edit this at Wikidata

The Diocese of Calgary (Latin: Diœcesis Calgariensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Alberta, Canada. The Diocese of Calgary is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton.

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 Diocese of Saint Albert.

Bishops[]

Diocesan ordinaries[]

[3](all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Calgary
  • (1913.04.04 – 1924.08.12); later Bishop of Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) (1924.08.12 – 1937.02.17), Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1937.02.17 – death 1952.11.18)
  • (1925.02.06 – 1931.07.03), next Bishop of London (Ontario, Canada) (1931.07.03 – death 1950.06.02)
  • (1932.06.10 – 1935.06.26), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada) (1935.06.26 – death 1947.05.06)
  •  [de] (1935.12.19 – retired 1966.12.28), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Horrea (1966.12.28 – death 1967.02.25)
    • Auxiliary bishop (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14), Titular Bishop of (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14); later Metropolitan Archbishop of 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)
  •  [de] (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)
  • William McGrattan (4 January 2017 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of 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[]

  • (1963-1966), appointed Archbishop of Kingston

Statistics and extent[]

It includes the Calgary Region, all of southern Alberta and the extreme lower half of the Alberta's Rockies region.

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 priests 427,200 Catholics. 110 women religious, 48 religious brothers and 30 permanent deacons make up the spiritual work force in Calgary not including the other regions.

Calgary city Parishes[]

Rural Parishes and Missions[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2017 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017), 136.
  2. ^ "Appointments and Installations – Apostolic Nunciature in Canada".
  3. ^ a b "Diocese of Calgary, Canada".
  4. ^ http://www.rockiesparish.com

Sources and external links[]

Coordinates: 51°03′00″N 114°04′01″W / 51.0500°N 114.0670°W / 51.0500; -114.0670

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