Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls

Diocese of Grand Falls

Dioecesis Grandfallensis
Coat of Arms
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceSt. John's
Statistics
Population
- Catholics

37,200 (20.2%)
Parishes30
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 Oct 1964
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRobert Anthony Daniels
Website
rcdioceseofgfnl.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls (Latin: Dioecesis Grandfallensis) (erected 29 February 1856, as the Diocese of Harbour Grace) is a Latin suffragan in the Atlantic Canadian ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland.

The cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Grand Falls-Windsor, and it has a former Cathedral, also dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,900 Catholics (20.7% of 197,400 total) on 42,368 km2 in 30 parishes and 43 missions with 29 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon and 15 lay religious sisters.

Bishops

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Harbour Grace
Suffragan Bishops of Harbour Grace–Grand Falls
Suffragan Bishops of Grand Falls

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Bibliography

  • "Diocese of Grand Falls". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 13 March 2007.

Sources and external links

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls site
  • GCatholic with Google map and satellite photo
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis with the decree renaming the diocese

48°55′46″N 55°39′36″W / 48.9294°N 55.6601°W / 48.9294; -55.6601


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