Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Hearst–Moosonee | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Hearstensis et Musonitana |
Coat: | File:Diocese_of_Hearst–Moosonee.jpg |
Coat Size: | 200px |
Coat Caption: | Coat of Arms |
Country: | Canada |
Province: | Ontario |
Area Km2: | 1,108,830 |
Population: | 66,820 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Catholics: | 26,520 |
Catholics Percent: | 39.7 |
Parishes: | 25 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 3 December 1938 |
Cathedral: | Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral |
Priests: | 20 |
Bishop: | Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. |
Emeritus Bishops: | Vincent 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.
The territory that would form the diocese was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 17 November 1920.
Year | Along with | To form | |
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1938 | Diocese of Haileybury | Vicariate Apostolic of Baie de James |