Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Canada

Diocese of Victoria
Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Victoria, BC, Canada
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Vancouver
Metropolitan 1-4044 Nelthorpe St.
Victoria, BC
V8X 2A1
Statistics
Area 95,275 km2 (36,786 sq mi)
Population
- Catholics

96,000 (13.6%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman rite
Established July 24, 1846
Cathedral St Andrew's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Gary Gordon
Metropolitan Archbishop J. Michael Miller
Archbishop of Vancouver
Website
rcdvictoria.org

The Diocese of Victoria (Latin: Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Headquartered in Victoria, the diocese encompasses all of Vancouver Island and several nearby British Columbia islands. A suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, the diocese's cathedral is St. Andrew's Cathedral and its present diocesan bishop is Gary Gordon.

Diocesan Demographics

In 2004 the diocese had 94,465 Catholics, 22 diocesan Priests, 15 religious Priests, 1 Deacon. The diocese is also helped by 19 Brothers, and 91 Sisters servicing 30 parishes.

History

The diocese was created on 24 July 1846 as the Diocese of Vancouver Island, one of three dioceses in the Pacific Northwest created out of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Oregon Territory. It was elevated to an archdiocese on 19 June 1903 and renamed Archdiocese of Victoria in 1904. It was then lowered to a diocese in 1908, when the metropolitan see was moved to Vancouver.

The territory included Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, New Caledonia (mainland British Columbia), the Queen Charlotte Islands and Alaska. Modeste Demers became the new diocese's first bishop.

Territorial losses

Year territory lost to form:
1863 Vicariate Apostolic of British Columbia
1894 Diocese of New Westminster
Prefecture Apostolic of Alaska

On June 19, 1903, the diocese became an Archdiocese of Victoria. It was returned to the status of a diocese on October 1, 1908, and became a suffragan diocese to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.

Ordinaries

The following are the lists of Bishops and their years of service:

Bishops

Auxiliary Bishops

Churches

Education

Catholic high schools

St. Ann's Academy, is now a heritage site
School City Est. Website Enrolment
St. Andrew's Regional High School Victoria http://www.standrewshigh.ca/ ~475 (co-ed)

Catholic elementary schools

School City Est. Website
St. Andrew's Victoria http://www.standrewselem.ca/
St. Joseph’s Victoria http://www.stjosephschool.ca/
St. Patrick's Victoria http://www.stpatrickselem.ca/
Queen of Angels Duncan http://www.queenofangels.ca/
St. Joseph's Chemainus http://www.stjosephselem.ca/
John Paul II Port Alberni 1951 http://www.jp2nd.ca/

Catholic Universities, Colleges and Seminaries

Religious institutes

Religious institutes of women

Charities

Health Care

Notes

Bibliography

Coordinates: 48°25′00″N 123°21′00″W / 48.4167°N 123.3500°W / 48.4167; -123.3500

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