Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst

Diocese of Hearst
Dioecesis Hearstensis
Location
Country  Canada
Ecclesiastical province Ontario
Statistics
Area 108,830 km2 (42,020 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
33,300
26,500 (79.6%)
Parishes 18
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 3 December 1938
Cathedral Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral
Secular priests 18
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Robert Bourgon
Emeritus Bishops Vincent Cadieux, OMI

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis) (erected 18 April 1919, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 17 November 1920 and became a diocese on 3 December 1938.

Ordinaries

  • Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé (1918 - 1939)
  • Joseph Charbonneau (1939 - 1940)
  • Albini LeBlanc (1940 - 1945)
  • Georges-Léon Landry (1946 - 1952)
  • Louis Lévesque (1952 - 1964)
  • Jacques Landriault (1964 - 1971)
  • Roger-Alfred Despatie (1973 - 1993)
  • Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. (1993 - 1995)
  • André Vallée, P.M.E. (1996 - 2005)
  • Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (2007 - 2016) - Bishop Emeritus
  • Robert Bourgon (2016 - Present)

Territorial losses

YearAlong withTo form
1938Diocese of HaileyburyVicariate Apostolic of Baie de James

See also

Bibliography

  • "Diocese of Hearst". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.

Coordinates: 49°41′03″N 83°39′56″W / 49.6842°N 83.6655°W / 49.6842; -83.6655

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