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Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese of Prince-Albert (Latin: Dioecesis Principis Albertensis), in Saskatchewan, is a Latin Catholic suffragan in the western Canadian ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Regina.
Diocese of Prince Albert Dioecesis Principis Albertensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Saskatchewan |
Population - Catholics | 40,700 (22.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 9 June 1933 |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Stephen Hero |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Donald Bolen |
Bishops emeritus | Blaise-Ernest Morand Albert Privet Thévenot, M.Afr. |
Website | |
padiocese.ca |
Its cathedral episcopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral, at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It also has the National Shrine of the Little Flower, in Wakaw, Saskatchewan.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,800 Catholics (20.5% of 198,600 total) on 118,834 km2 in 80 parishes with 62 priests (47 diocesan, 15 religious), 1 deacon, 79 lay religious (15 brothers, 64 sisters) and 2 seminarians.)[1]
(all Roman Rite, often members of Latin congregations)[2]
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