Roman Catholic Diocese of Whitehorse

Diocese of Whitehorse Dioecesis Equialbensis
Coat of Arms
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Grouard–McLennan
Population - Catholics	9,300 (22.1%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Hector Vila
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R.
Map
Website
whitehorsediocese.ca

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Whitehorse (Latin: Dioecesis Equialbensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that includes Yukon and the northern portion of British Columbia north of latitude 57 degrees.

As of 2003, the diocese contains 23 parishes, 4 active diocesan priests, 9 religious priests, and 9,000 Catholics. It also has 8 women religious, 10 religious brothers, and 1 permanent deacon. The Diocese of Whitehorse is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan.

Bishops

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the vicars apostolic and bishops of Whitehorse, and their terms of service:

• Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. (1908-1944, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia
• Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I. (1944-1965)
• James Philip Mulvihill (1965-1967 as Vicar Apostolic; 1967–1971)
• Hubert Patrick O'Connor (1971-1986), appointed Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia
• Thomas Joseph Lobsinger (1987-2000)
• Gary Gordon (2006-2014), appointed Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia
• Hector Vila (2015-present)

Coadjutor bishop

• Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I. (1936-1944), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

References

• Diocese of Whitehorse page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006