Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee Dioecesis Hearstensis et Musonitana | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Ontario |
Statistics | |
Area | 108,830 km2 (42,020 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 33,300 26,500 (79.6%) |
Parishes | 18 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3 December 1938 |
Cathedral | Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral |
Secular priests | 18 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. |
Bishops emeritus |
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 |