Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary

Diocese of Calgary
St Mary's Cathedral
Location
Country  Canada
Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of 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 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
Emeritus Bishops Frederick Henry
Website
www.calgarydiocese.ca

The Diocese of Calgary (Latin: Dioecesis Calgariensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan of Edmonton.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary’s Cathedral, Calgary, federal Alberta province. 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.

Diocesan ordinaries

[3](all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Calgary
  • John Thomas McNally (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)
  • 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)
  • Francis Patrick Carroll (1935.12.19 – retired 1966.12.28), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Horrea (1966.12.28 – death 1967.02.25)
    • Auxiliary bishop Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14), Titular Bishop of Saccæa (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)
  • 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)
  • 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).

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. [4]

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.[5]

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. 1 2 3 Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2017 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017), 136.
  2. ↑ http://www.nuntiatura.ca/en/appointments-and-installations/
  3. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/calg0.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/calg0.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.rockiesparish.com

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

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