The Diocese of Prince-Albert (), in

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, is a Latin Catholic

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in the western Canadian

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of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Regina. Its

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episcopal see is

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Cathedral, at

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. It also has the National Shrine of the Little Flower, in

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, Saskatchewan.

History

* Established on 4 June 1891 as

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of Saskatchewan on territory slit off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface. * Promoted on 1907.12.02 as Diocese of Prince-Albert / Principis Alberten(sis) (Latin) * Lost territory on 1910.03.04 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin. * Renamed on 1921.04.30 as Diocese of Prince-Albert–Saskatoon. * Lost territory on 1921.05.06 to establish the Territorial Abbacy of Saint Peter–Muenster. *Renamed (back) on 1933.06.09 as Diocese of Prince-Albert, having gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin and lost territory to establish the Diocese of Saskatoon.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,800 Catholics (20.5% of 198,600 total) on 118,834 km² in 80 parishes with 62 priests (47 diocesan, 15 religious), 1 deacon, 79 lay religious (15 brothers, 64 sisters) and 2 seminarians.

Bishops

(all

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, often members of Latin congregations)http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/prin0.htm GCatholic.org ;''Apostolic Vicar of Saskatchewan'' * Albert Pascal,

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(O.M.I.) (1891.06.02 – 1907.12.02 ''see below''),

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(1891.06.02 – 1907.12.02) ;''Suffragan Bishop of Prince-Albert (first time)'' * Albert Pascal, O.M.I. (''see above'' 1907.12.02 – death 1920.07.12) ;''Suffragan Bishop of Prince-Albert–Saskatoon'' * Henri-Jean-Maria Prud'homme (1921.06.16 – 1933.06.09 ''see below'') ;''Suffragan Bishops of Prince-Albert (again)'' * Henri-Jean-Maria Prud'homme (''see above'' 1933.06.09 – retired 1937.01.29), emeritate as Titular Bishop of

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(1937.01.29 – death 1952.01.05) * Réginald Duprat,

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(O.P.) (1938.03.17 – retired 1952.06.29), emeritate as Titular Bishop of

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(1952.06.29 – death 1954.02.13) * Léo Blais (1952.07.04 – 1959.02.28); next Titular Bishop of

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(1959.03.18 – death 1991.01.21), first as

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, Canada) (1959.03.18 – 1971.05.11), then on emeritate * Laurent Morin (1959.02.28 – retired 1983.04.09), previously Titular Bishop of

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(1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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, Canada) (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28); died 1996 * Blaise-Ernest Morand (1983.04.09 – retired 2008.05.26), succeeded as former

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of Prince-Albert (1981.04.22 – 1983.04.09) * Albert Privet Thévenot,

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(M. Afr.) (2008.05.26 – retired 2021.03.25) * Stephen Andrew Hero (2021.03.25 – ...) ;''Coadjutor bishop'' * Blaise-Ernest Morand (1981-1983)

References

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Sources and external links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert site

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