Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary

Coordinates: 51°03′00″N 114°04′01″W / 51.0500°N 114.0670°W / 51.0500; -114.0670
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For the Anglican Diocese of Calgary see, see Anglican Diocese of Calgary.
Diocese of Calgary
St Mary's Cathedral
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceEdmonton
Statistics
Area110,500 km2 (42,700 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
1,208,121[1]
546,400[1] (45.2%)
Parishes67[1]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 November 1912
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral
Secular priests131
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopWilliam McGrattan
Metropolitan ArchbishopRichard William Smith
Bishops emeritusFrederick Henry
Website
www.calgarydiocese.ca Edit this at Wikidata

The Diocese of Calgary (Latin: Dioecesis Calgariensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan of Edmonton.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary’s Cathedral, Calgary, Alberta. It is currently led by Bishop William McGrattan.[2]

History

Established on 1912.11.30 as Diocese of Calgary, Latin adjective Calgarien(sis), on territory split off from the Diocese of Saint Albert.

Bishops

Diocesan ordinaries

[3](all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Calgary

Auxiliary bishop

Statistics and extent

It includes the Calgary Region, all of southern Alberta and the extreme lower half of the Alberta's Rockies region.

As per 2014 it pastorally served 538,000 Catholics (45.5% of 1,183,000 total) on 110,500 km² in 69 parishes with 158 priests (123 diocesan, 35 religious), 50 deacons, 166 lay religious (46 brothers, 120 sisters) and 10 seminarians.[3]

The diocese contains 82+ parishes and missions specifically: 37 parishes in Calgary alone; of which, 10 are ethnic parishes, an additional university parish to serve the University of Calgary and 45+ parishes and missions designated for southern Alberta and the Rockies lower region. On December 3, 2017 Bishop McGrattan announced his intention to make Our Lady of the Rockies Parish in Canmore into a Diocesan Marian Shrine in the spring of 2019.[4]

In 2006: 87 diocesan priests, 38 religious priests 427,200 Catholics. 110 women religious, 48 religious brothers and 30 permanent deacons make up the spiritual work force in Calgary not including the other regions.

Calgary city Parishes

Rural Parishes and Missions

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2017 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017), 136.
  2. ^ http://www.nuntiatura.ca/en/appointments-and-installations/
  3. ^ a b http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/calg0.htm
  4. ^ http://www.rockiesparish.com

Sources and external links

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