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, further, as the Diocese of Hearst on 3 December 1938.

Ordinaries

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1938 Diocese of Haileybury Vicariate Apostolic of Baie de James

Bibliography

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