The Diocese of Peterborough ( la, Dioecesis Peterboroughensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario, Canada. It is a

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Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains in Peterborough, Ontario. On March 10, 2017, Pope Francis named former

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Auxiliary Bishop Daniel J. Miehm as the new Bishop of Peterborough.

History

Established on 25 January 1874 as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Canada, on territory split off from the

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, the Diocese of Peterborough was first established July 11, 1882 by Pope Leo XIII.

Statistics and extent

As per 2014, it pastorally served 61,700 Catholics (13.8% of 447,000 total) on 25,900 km² in 40 parishes and a mission with 69 priests (56 diocesan, 13 religious), 8 deacons, 92 lay religious (13 brothers, 79 sisters) and 3 seminarians. As of 2006, the diocese contained 88,741 Catholics in 43 parishes, 104 priests, 9 religious priests, 101 Women Religious and 12 deacons. The Diocese of Peterborough includes the Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts, the counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, and Victoria, that portion of the Regional District of Durham which formally was the County of Durham and five townships of the County of Haliburton.

Bishops

(all

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)http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pete0.htm GCatholic ;''Apostolic Vicar of Northern Canada'' ;* Jean-François Jamot (born France) (3 February 1874 - 11 July 1882 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Sarepta (1874.02.03 – 1882.07.11) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Peterborough'' * Jean-François Jamot (''see above'' 11 July 1882 - death 4 May 1886) *

Thomas Joseph Dowling Thomas Joseph Dowling (28 February 1840 – 6 August 1924) was a Canadian Catholic priest and the second Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Peterborough and the fourth Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario. Biography He was born ...

(14 December 1886 - 11 January 1889); next Bishop of

(Ontario, Canada) (1889.01.11 – death 1924.08.06) *

Richard Alphonsus O’Connor Richard Alphonsus O'Connor (April 15, 1838 – January 23, 1913) was a Canadian priest and Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario. Biography Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland on April 15, 1838, O'Connor emigrated to Canada with his parents i ...

(born Ireland) (11 January 1889 - death 23 January 1913) *

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(20 June 1913 - 17 May 1929), next Titular Archbishop of Amorium (1929.05.17 – 1938.02.23) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston (1929.05.17 – 1938.02.23), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Ontario, Canada) (1938.02.23 – death 1943.08.30) * Dennis P. O'Connor (30 January 1930 - death 30 August 1942) *

John Roderick MacDonald John Roderick MacDonald (July 9, 1891 – December 18, 1959) - consecrated as Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough ( ) is a city on the Otonabee River in Ontario, Canada, about 125 kilometres (78 miles) northeast of Toronto. Accord ...

(5 June 1943 - 14 April 1945), next Titular Bishop of

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(1945.04.14 – 1950.04.13) as

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of Antigonish (Canada) (1945.04.14 – 1950.04.13), succeeding as Bishop of

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(1950.04.13 – death 1959.12.18) * Joseph Gerald Berry (7 April 1945 - 28 November 1953), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1953.11.28 – 1967.05.12) and President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1960 – 1964) * Benjamin Ibberson Webster (born England) (24 April 1954 - retired 12 March 1968), previously Titular Bishop of

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(1946.09.24 – 1954.04.24) as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) (1946.09.24 – 1954.04.24); emeritate as Titular Bishop of Tigamibena (1968.03.12 – death 1981.01.18) * Francis Anthony Marrocco (10 June 1968 - death 18 July 1975), previously Titular Bishop of Limnæ (in Pisidia) (1955.12.01 – 1968.06.10) as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) (1955.12.01 – 1968.06.10) *

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(24 May 1976 - retired 28 December 2002), died 2004 *

Nicola De Angelis Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C (Born 23 January 1939) is Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Nicola De Angelis was born in Pozzaglia Sabino, Italy, on 23 January 1939. In 1959 he entered the religious orde ...

(born Italy) (28 December 2002 - retired April 2014), previously Titular Bishop of Remesiana (1992.04.27 – 2002.12.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) (1992.04.27 – 2002.12.28) *

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(April 2014 - 4 January 2017), previously Titular Bishop of Furnos minor (2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) (2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08); Bishop of

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(Alberta, Canada) (4 January 2017 – ...). * Daniel J. Miehm (10 March 2017 - ...), previously Titular Bishop of

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(20 February 2013 - 10 March 2017) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Ontario, Canada) (20 February 2013 - 10 March 2017).

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* David Joseph Scollard, appointed Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in 1904 * Michael Mulhall, appointed Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario in 2007

References

Sources and external links

Diocese of Peterborough website

* ttp://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpete.html Diocese of Peterborough page at catholichierarchy.orgretrieved August 2, 2006
the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''
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