Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas
| Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Keewatin–Le Pas |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 41,869 (40.4%) |
| Parishes | 49 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 3 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Murray Chatlain |
| Website | |
| dioceseofkeewatinlepas.ca | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas (Latin: Archidioecesis Kivotinus–Passitanus) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes parts of the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Ontario and has the suffragan dioceses of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson and Moosonee. The current archbishop is Murray Chatlain.
Prior to 2007, it included as a suffragan diocese the now-dissolved Roman Catholic Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville.
As of 2006, the archdiocese contains 49 parishes, 3 active diocesan priests, 10 religious priests, and 42,000 Catholics. It has 8 women religious, and 11 male religious.
The seat of the diocese is at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Le Pas.[1]
Diocesan bishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Keewatin-Le Pas and their terms of service:
- Ovide Charlebois (1910–1933)
- Martin Giuseppe Onorio LeJeunesse (1933–1954)
- Paul Dumouchel (1955–1986)
- Peter Alfred Sutton (1986–2006)
- Sylvain Lavoie (2006–2012)
- Murray Chatlain (2012–present)
See also
References
- Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved June 11, 2013
- ↑ John Barker (December 8, 2012). "Pope Benedict XVI names Most Rev. Murray Chatlain as archbishop-elect of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas". Thompson Citizen. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
Coordinates: 53°49′40″N 101°15′07″W / 53.8279°N 101.2520°W
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