Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke

Diocese of Pembroke Dioecesis Pembrokensis
Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Pembroke
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Ottawa
Population - Catholics	65,600 (49.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4 May 1898
Cathedral	St. Columbkille Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Michael Mulhall
Website
pembrokediocese.com

Looking left at the exterior of St. Columbkille Cathedral

Interior of St. Columbkille Cathedral from the choir loft

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke (Latin: Dioecesis Pontiacensis) (erected 11 July 1882, as the Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. It was elevated as the Diocese of Pembroke on 4 May 1898. The Cathedral of St. Columbkille in Pembroke is the mother church of the Diocese of Pembroke.^[1]

Ordinaries

• Narcisse Zéphirin Lorrain (1882 - 1915)
• Patrick Thomas Ryan (1916 - 1937)
• Charles Leo Nelligan (1937 - 1945)
• William Joseph Smith (1945 - 1971)
• Joseph Raymond Windle (1971 - 1993)
• Brendan Michael O'Brien (1993 - 2000)
• Richard William Smith (2002 - 2007)
• Michael Mulhall (2007- )

Territorial losses

Bibliography

• "Diocese of Pembroke". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
•  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Pembroke". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

References

External links

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