The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina ( la, Archidioecesis Reginatensis) is a

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comprising the southern part of the

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, as far north as the 30th township, or about 51°30' lat. The metropolitan province includes the suffragan dioceses of

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and

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. The seat of the diocese is in the city of Regina. The Diocese of Regina was established on March 4, 1910, with

Olivier Elzéar Mathieu Olivier Elzéar Mathieu (24 December 1853 – 26 October 1929) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, academic, and Archbishop of Regina. Biography Born in Saint-Roch (Quebec City), the son of Joseph Mathieu and Marguerite Latouche, he studied ...

as its first

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. Only five years later, on December 4, 1915,

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raised the diocese to an

. Its current

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, Most Reverend

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, and staff now serve nearly 124,000 parishioners living in 158 parishes and missions scattered over more than 155,000 square kilometres in southern Saskatchewan. The archdiocese includes 9 deaneries. Map of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina

Map of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina

Construction on the diocese's Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina extended from 1912 to 1917 and was dedicated to Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary in November 1913. This extraordinary Romanesque building was built with an interior large enough to welcome parishioners and clergy from across southern Saskatchewan for special Masses, ordinations, funerals, weddings, and installations of archbishops. In 1998, the former Diocese of

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was merged with the Archdiocese, with its former cathedral now designated

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Bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Regina and their terms of service: *

(1911–1929) *

James Charles McGuigan James Charles McGuigan (November 26, 1894 – April 8, 1974) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the longest-serving Archbishop of Toronto, serving for almost 37 years from 1934 to 1971. He became the first English-speaking ca ...

(1930–1934), appointed Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario (Cardinal in 1946) *

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(1935–1947) *

Michael Cornelius O'Neill Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

(1947–1973) * Charles Aimé Halpin (1973–1994) *

Peter Joseph Mallon Peter Joseph Mallon (December 5, 1929 – February 3, 2007) was an archbishop in the Archdiocese of Regina from June 9, 1995, until his retirement on March 30, 2005. He retired in 2005, at the age of 75, due to the Roman Catholic Roman or ...

(1995–2005) *

Daniel Bohan Daniel Joseph Bohan (November 8, 1941 – January 15, 2016) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church and the Archbishop of the Regina Archdiocese. Prior to his appointment to Regina, Archbishop Bohan was Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, and a p ...

(2005–2016) *

(2016–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

James Vernon Weisgerber Vernon James Weisgerber (born May 1, 1938) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the retired sixth Archbishop of Winnipeg, serving from August 2000 until October 2013. Early life and education Weisgerber was born in Vibank, ...

, appointed Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1996

References

Archdiocese of Regina page at catholichierarchy.org
retrieved July 13, 2006

External links

* {{coord, 50.4450, N, 104.6260, W, source:wikidata, display=title Organizations based in Regina, Saskatchewan