Diocese of Antigonish
Antigonicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Antigonish, Canada
Latin rite diocese covering northern mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, erected in 1844 as the Diocese of Arichat and renamed Antigonish in 1886. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and is led by Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick, installed in 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1844
- Latin
- Antigonicen(sis)
- Patron
- Ninian
- Annuario code
- 001000702
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 124,400
- Population
- 220,300
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 56.5%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 1,681
- Extent
- 18,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.6
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick
- Born
- 5 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Saint Catharines
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Ninian's Cathedral stands in Antigonish, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Halifax-Yarmouth
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CharlottetownCharlottetown
- Archdiocese of Halifax–YarmouthHalifax
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Nova Scotia, Canada, the Catholic Church maintains the Latin Church Diocese of Antigonish (Latin: Dioecesis Antigonicensis). Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick serves as its current diocesan ordinary.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.