Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert

Diocese of Prince Albert
Dioecesis Principis Albertensis
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical province Saskatchewan
Population
- Catholics
40,700 (22.1%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 9 June 1933
Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Albert Privet Thévenot
Website
padiocese.ca

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince-Albert (Latin: Dioecesis Principis Albertensis), in Saskatchewan, is a Latin suffragan in the western Canadian ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Regina.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral, at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It also has the National Shrine of the Little Flower, in Wakaw, Saskatchewan.

History

[1]

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,800 Catholics (20.5% of 198,600 total) on 118,834 km² in 80 parishes with 62 priests (47 diocesan, 15 religious), 1 deacon, 79 lay religious (15 brothers, 64 sisters) and 2 seminarians.)[2]

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite, often members of Latin congregations)[3]

Apostolic Vicar of Saskatchewan
Suffragan Bishop of Prince-Albert (first time)
  • Albert Pascal, O.M.I. (see above 1907.12.02 – death 1920.07.12)
Suffragan Bishop of Prince-Albert–Saskatoon
  • Henri-Jean-Maria Prud'homme (1921.06.16 – 1933.06.09 see below)
Suffragan Bishops of Prince-Albert (again)
  • Henri-Jean-Maria Prud'homme (see above 1933.06.09 – retired 1937.01.29), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Saldæ (1937.01.29 – death 1952.01.05)
  • Réginald Duprat, Dominican order (O.P.) (1938.03.17 – retired 1952.06.29), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Tremithus (1952.06.29 – death 1954.02.13)
  • Léo Blais (1952.07.04 – 1959.02.28); next Titular Bishop of [[Hieron, Caria|Hieron (1959.03.18 – death 1991.01.21), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Quebec, Canada) (1959.03.18 – 1971.05.11), then on emeritate
  • Laurent Morin (1959.02.28 – retired 1983.04.09), previously Titular Bishop of Arsamosata (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Quebec, Canada) (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28); died 1996
  • Blaise-Ernest Morand (1983.04.09 – retired 26 May 2008), succeeded as former Coadjutor Bishop of Prince-Albert (1981.04.22 – 1983.04.09)
  • Albert Privet Thévenot, White Fathers (M. Afr.) (26 May 2008 - ...).

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/prin0.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/prin0.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/prin0.htm GCatholic.org
  • "Diocese of Prince-Albert". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  •  Morice, Adrian Gabriel (1911). "Diocese of Prince Albert". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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