The Roman Catholic Diocese of Moosonee ( la, Dioecesis Musonitana) was a
Roman Catholic
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diocese
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History
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that included part of the Province of
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.
As of 2016, the diocese contained 12 parishes with no active diocesan priests, 3 religious priests, and 7,450 Catholics. It also had 3 religious brothers.
On 3 December 2018, this Diocese merged with the
Diocese of Hearst, to create the new
Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee.
History
* 3 December 1938: Established as ''the
Apostolic Vicariate of Baie de James'' from the
Diocese of Haileybury and
Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Ontario.
* 13 July 1967: Elevated as ''the
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
of Moosonee''.
* 31 May 2007: Lost territory to the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos
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.
* 3 December 2018: Officially suppressed and its territory united into the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
to create the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee
The Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee ( la, 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 an ...
.
Diocesan bishops
The following is a list of the Vicars apostolic and bishops of Moosonee and their terms of service:
*
Henri Belleau
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; French noblemen
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,
OMI
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(1939–1964)
*
Jules Leguerrier
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,
OMI
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(1964–1992)
*
Vincent Cadieux
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,
OMI
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(1991–2016)
**From 2007 to 2016, he served as Bishop of Hearst as well, an appointment that joined the two dioceses only through him, ''
in persona episcopi
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'', but did not create a single diocesan administration.
*
Robert Bourgon
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(Apostolic Administrator 2016–2018)
References
External links
Diocese of Moosonee page at catholichierarchy.orgretrieved 3 December 2018
Catholic Church in Ontario
Christian organizations established in 1938
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in America
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Keewatin–Le Pas
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