The Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint Pierre et Miquelon ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Insularum Sancti Petri et Miquelonensis;

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: ''Vicariat Apostolique des Îles Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon'') was an apostolic vicariate of the

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of the

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. The Vicariate comprised the entirety of the French dependency of

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (french: link=no, Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in t ...

off the south coast of Newfoundland. As an Apostolic Vicariate, it did not have a formal metropolitan. The church was headed by vicar apostolic. First erected as an

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, in 1763, after the Fall of New France, it was established as an apostolic vicariate on November 16, 1970. At the moment of its merging with the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes, the Vicariate had 2 parishes with a combined community of 6,300 Catholics, served by 2 religious priests, 6 female religious, and 2 male religious. On March 1, 2018, this Vicariate was merged into the territory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes, in the French département of

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History

* 1763: Established as ''the

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of Iles Saint Pierre and Miquelon'' on territory of the

from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quebec. * November 16, 1970: Promoted as ''the Apostolic Vicariate of Iles Saint Pierre and Miquelon''. * March 1, 2018: Officially suppressed and its territory merged into the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes.

Ordinaries

Historical Ordinaries *Girard, C.S.Sp. † (22 Jan 1766 Appointed - 1767) *Julien-François Becquet, C.S.Sp. † (28 Apr 1767 Appointed - 1775 Resigned) *de Longueville † ( 1788 Appointed - 1793 Resigned) *Ollivier † ( 1816 Appointed - 7 Sep 1842 Resigned) *M. Le Helloco † (22 Jun 1853 Appointed - 1866 Resigned) *M. Letournoux † (13 Dec 1866 Appointed - 1892 Resigned) *Christophe-Louis Légasse † ( 1899 Appointed - 6 Dec 1915 Appointed, Bishop of Oran) *Giuseppe Oster, C.S.Sp. † ( 1916 Appointed - 1922 Died) *Charles Joseph Heitz † (9 Nov 1922 Appointed - 1933 Resigned) *Raymond Henri Martin, C.S.Sp. † (23 Nov 1945 Appointed - 1966 ) *François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. † (17 May 1966 Appointed - 17 Feb 2000 Retired) *Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp. (17 Feb 2000 Appointed - 19 Jun 2009 Retired) *Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. (19 Jun 2009 Appointed - 1 Mar 2018 Retired)

References

External links

Vicariate Apostolic of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2006-07-18. Catholic Church in Saint Pierre and Miquelon Apostolic vicariates Roman Catholic dioceses in North America Religious organizations established in 1763 Religious organizations disestablished in 2018 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 18th century Former Roman Catholic dioceses in America 1763 establishments in the French colonial empire Apostolic Vicariate {{SaintPierreMiquelon-stub