Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee

Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee

Dioecesis Hearstensis et Musonitana
Coat of Arms
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceOntario
Statistics
Area108,830 km2 (42,020 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
33,300
26,500 (79.6%)
Parishes18
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3 December 1938
CathedralNotre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral
Secular priests18
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I.
Bishops emeritusVincent Cadieux, OMI
Robert Bourgon

The Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario. The diocese was erected on 3 December 2018 through the unification of the Diocese of Hearst and the Diocese of Moosonee.[1] The Diocese of Hearst evolved from the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario erected on 18 April 1919. The Diocese of Hearst–Moonosee is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.

History

The territory that would form the diocese was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 17 November 1920.

Ordinaries

  • Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé (1918 - 1939)
  • Joseph Charbonneau (1939 - 1940), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
  • Albini LeBlanc (1940 - 1945), appointed Bishop of Gaspé, Québec
  • Georges-Léon Landry (1946 - 1952)
  • Louis Lévesque (1952 - 1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec
  • Jacques Landriault (1964 - 1971), appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario
  • Roger-Alfred Despatie (1973 - 1993)
  • Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. (1993 - 1995)
  • André Vallée, P.M.E. (1996 - 2005)
  • Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (2007 - 2016)
    • He continued as Bishop of Moosonee, a position he had held since 1991. This appointment joined the two dioceses only through him, in persona episcopi, but did not create a single diocesan administration.[2][3]
  • Robert Bourgon (2016 - 2020)[3]
  • Terrence Prendergast, S.J. (2020 - 2022) as Apostolic Administrator
  • Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. (2022 - present)

Territorial losses

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

References

  1. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 03.12.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 25.07.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Rinunce e nomine, 02.02.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

External links

  • Official Site
  • "Diocese of Hearst". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 13 March 2007.

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