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comprises * a

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hierarchy, consisting of eighteen

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s each headed by a metropolitan archbishop, with a total of 54 suffragan

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s, each headed by a

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, and a non-metropolitan archbishopric, plus a military ordinariate (including 14 auxiliary bishops, for a total of 79 bishops). * a Ukrainian Catholic ecclesiastical province, comprising a metropolitan archeparchy and four suffragan eparchies * six single jurisdictions for other

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. Those bishops all belong to the Canadian

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, the

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(C.C.C.B., HQ in national capital Ottawa). Three Eastern Catholic churches have US-based North American jurisdictions covering Canada, as does the Latin

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for former

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headquartered in the US. There also in an Apostolic Nunciature to Canada as papal diplomatic (embassy-level) representation.

Current Latin Provinces and Dioceses

Latin ''sui iuris'' jurisdictions

The following particular churches are not suffragan to metropolitan sees, but are instead immediately subject to the

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: * The Archdiocese of Winnipeg (not Metropolitan) is an independent

district, serving southwestern portions of Manitoba. * The

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serves Canadian servicemen abroad and is not defined by geographical territory. * The

serves Catholics of the

Anglican Use The Anglican Use is an officially approved form of liturgy used by former members of the Anglican Communion who joined the Catholic Church while wishing to maintain "aspects of the Anglican patrimony that are of particular value". The use's m ...

in both

and the

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Ecclesiastical province of Edmonton

The province geographically consists of the majority of

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, except for the province's northwestern corner. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton ** Diocese of Calgary ** Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta

Ecclesiastical province of Gatineau

The province geographically consists of the western third of

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. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gatineau **

Diocese of Amos The Diocese of Amos (french: Diocèse d'Amos, la, Dioecesis Amosensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that covers part of the Province of Quebec. The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI on December 3 ...

** Diocese of Mont-Laurier ** Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda

Ecclesiastical province of Grouard-McLennan

The province geographically consists of the entirety of

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and the Northwest Territories, plus the northwestern corner of Alberta, the western third of Nunavut, and a tiny portion of northern

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan ** Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith ** Diocese of Whitehorse

Ecclesiastical province of Halifax-Yarmouth

The province is geographically conterminous with the provinces of

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and

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. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth **

Diocese of Antigonish The Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish ( la, Dioecesis Antigonicensis) is a Latin Rite diocese in Nova Scotia, Canada. Its current diocesan ordinary is Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick. History The Diocese was established on 22 September 1844, under ...

Diocese of Charlottetown The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown ( la, Dioecesis Carolinapolitana) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Canada, Catholic Church in Canada. It is a suffragan diocese comprising the entire province of Prince Edward Island. Originally c ...

Ecclesiastical province of Keewatin-Le Pas

The province geographically consists of the northern half of

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, the northern third of Saskatchewan, the eastern two-thirds of Nunavut, and a portion of northwestern

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. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas ** Diocese of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson

Ecclesiastical province of Kingston

The province geographically consists of central and parts of eastern Ontario. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston ** Diocese of Peterborough ** Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie

Ecclesiastical province of Moncton

The province is geographically coterminous with the province of

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. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Moncton ** Diocese of Bathurst ** Diocese of Edmundston ** Diocese of Saint John in New Brunswick

Ecclesiastical province of Montréal

The province geographically consists of south-central portions of Quebec. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montréal ** Diocese of Joliette ** Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil ** Diocese of Saint-Jérôme ** Diocese of Valleyfield

Ecclesiastical province of Ottawa-Cornwall

The province geographically consists of northeastern and parts of eastern Ontario. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall ** Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee ** Diocese of Pembroke ** Diocese of Timmins

Ecclesiastical province of Québec

The province geographically consists of north-central portions of Quebec. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Québec ** Diocese of Chicoutimi ** Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière ** Diocese of Trois Rivières

Ecclesiastical province of Regina

The province geographically consists of the southern two-thirds of Saskatchewan. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Regina ** Diocese of Prince Albert ** Diocese of Saskatoon

Ecclesiastical province of Rimouski

The province geographically consists of northeastern portions of Quebec. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rimouski ** Diocese of Baie-Comeau ** Diocese of Gaspé

Ecclesiastical province of Saint Boniface

The province geographically consists of the southeastern portion of Manitoba. * Archdiocese of Saint Boniface

Ecclesiastical province of St. John's

The province is geographically coterminous with the province of

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. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland ** Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador ** Diocese of Grand Falls

Ecclesiastical province of Sherbrooke

The province geographically consists of portions of southeastern Quebec. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sherbrooke ** Diocese of Nicolet ** Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe

Ecclesiastical province of Toronto

The province geographically consists of southern and portions of northwestern Ontario. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto ** Diocese of Hamilton ** Diocese of London ** Diocese of Saint Catharines ** Diocese of Thunder Bay

Ecclesiastical province of Vancouver

The province is geographically coterminous with the province of

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except for the northernmost portion of B.C. above 57 degrees latitude. * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver ** Diocese of Kamloops ** Diocese of Nelson **

Diocese of Prince George The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince George ( la, Dioecesis Principis Georgensis) was created as the Vicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert on January 14, 1944, when the Vicariate Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert was split. It is a suffragan of the ...

** Diocese of Victoria

Current Eastern Catholic province and dioceses

These belong to

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es ''sui iuris'', which use a non-

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(Byzantine or other) but are in full communion with Rome and the entirety of the Catholic Church, yet have their own patriarch or other hierarch directly under Rome

Metropolia of Winnipeg (Ukrainian Catholic)

The

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in Canada, a

, using the Byzantine Rite in both the

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and local vernacular, is organized into a metropolia (or

) consisting of a metropolitan

archeparchy Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the ...

(archdiocese) and its four suffragan eparchies (dioceses) : * Metropolitan Archeparchy of Winnipeg ** Eparchy of Edmonton ** Eparchy of New Westminster ** Eparchy of Saskatoon ** Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada

Other Eastern Catholic dioceses in Canada

Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto is the sole eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (Syro-Oriental Rite) in Canada. It depends directly on the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon, but it not pa ...

, part of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal The Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal (in Latin: Eparchia Sancti Maronis Marianopolitana Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Canada. In 2014 there were 87,900 baptized. It is c ...

, part of the

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* Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal, part of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church *

Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga is an eparchy for all Syro-Malabar Catholics in Canada. It comprises 53 parishes which includes both churches and missions, with churches or missions in most provinces of Canada. It is currently the ...

, part of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church * Syrian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate for Canada, part of the Syriac Catholic Church * Slovakian Catholic Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto, part of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh, USA (formerly part of the Slovakian Greek Catholic Church).

International Eastern Catholic jurisdictions

Several Eastern Catholic Churches have jurisdictions that include members and congregations in both the United States and Canada: * Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale, part of the

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* Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada, part of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church *

Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in Canton The Romanian Greek Catholic Eparchy of St. George is a Romanian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the United States and Canada. The incumbent eparch is John Michael Botean. The cathedral church ...

, part of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church

Former jurisdictions

Titular see

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gravelbourg The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gravelbourg ( la, Dioecesis Gravelburgensis) was a Latin suffragan of the Archdiocese of Regina and presently a Latin Catholic titular see. Due to the declining Catholic population in the diocese, the last bishop, R ...

Other suppressed jurisdictions

Nearly all other former jurisdictions have direct successors, usually after promotion, except : * Apostolic Prefecture of Placentia, suppressed (merged into Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland) *

Territorial Abbacy of Saint Peter–Muenster St. Peter's Abbey is in Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the oldest Benedictine monastery in Canada. It was founded in 1903. History St. Peter's Abbey began in 1903 with the arrival of seven Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monks un ...

, suppressed (merged into Diocese of Saskatoon) * Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville, suppressed (merged into Diocese of Amos, Diocese of Baie-Comeau and Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador) * Diocese of Harbour Grace, suppressed (merged into Diocese of Grand Falls) * Diocese of Moosonee, suppressed (merged with the Diocese of Hearst, to create the new Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee) * Diocese of Yarmouth, suppressed (merged into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halifax, which simultaneously became Metropolitan Archdiocese of Halifax–Yarmouth) * Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, suppressed (merged into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa, which simultaneously became Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall) * Diocese of St. George's, suppressed (merged into Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador)

Gallery of Archdiocesan sees

File:St Joseph s Basillica Compressed.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Edmonton is St. Joseph's Basilica. File:John-the-Baptist-McLennan.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan is Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist. File:Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica (Halifax).jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth is St. Mary's Basilica. File:St. Mary's Cathedral, Kingston ON (2010-Apr-14).jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Kingston is St. Mary's Cathedral. File:Basilique-cathedrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde 06.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Montreal is

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. File:Notre-Dame Ottawa.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Ottawa is Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica. File:Cathédrale de Québec.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Quebec is Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral. File:Holy Rosary, 2008.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Regina is Holy Rosary Cathedral. File:La Cathédrale, Gravelbourg, SK.jpg , The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Regina is

Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral or the ''Co-Cathédrale de Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption'' is located in the Canadian prairie town of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan. History The cathedral of the francophone former Roman Catholic Diocese of Gravelbou ...

. File:Cathédrale Saint-Germain de Rimouski, Québec.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Rimouski is Saint-Germain Cathedral. File:St Boniface Cathedral Facade Aug 2007.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface is

Saint Boniface Cathedral Saint Boniface Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Boniface) is a Roman Catholic cathedral of Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is an important building in Winnipeg, and is the principal church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sai ...

. File:St John's Basilica.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of St. John's is Basilica of St. John the Baptist. File:Cathédrale Saint-Michel Sherbrooke.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke is Saint-Michel Basilica-Cathedral. File:St Michael's Cathedral from Bond and Shuter.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Toronto is St. Michael's Cathedral. File:Holy Rosary Cathedral Vancouver (29785801877).jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Vancouver is Holy Rosary Cathedral. File:StMaryswpg2.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg is St. Mary's Cathedral.

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org - data for all sections

CanadaMassTimes.org

References

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Catholic dioceses

Current Latin Provinces and Dioceses

Latin ''sui iuris'' jurisdictions

Ecclesiastical province of Edmonton

Ecclesiastical province of Gatineau

Ecclesiastical province of Grouard-McLennan

Ecclesiastical province of Halifax-Yarmouth

Ecclesiastical province of Keewatin-Le Pas

Ecclesiastical province of Kingston

Ecclesiastical province of Moncton

Ecclesiastical province of Montréal

Ecclesiastical province of Ottawa-Cornwall

Ecclesiastical province of Québec

Ecclesiastical province of Regina

Ecclesiastical province of Rimouski

Ecclesiastical province of Saint Boniface

Ecclesiastical province of St. John's

Ecclesiastical province of Sherbrooke

Ecclesiastical province of Toronto

Ecclesiastical province of Vancouver

Current Eastern Catholic province and dioceses

Metropolia of Winnipeg (Ukrainian Catholic)

Other Eastern Catholic dioceses in Canada

International Eastern Catholic jurisdictions

Former jurisdictions

Titular see

Other suppressed jurisdictions

Gallery of Archdiocesan sees

See also

Sources and external links

References