Diocese of Bathurst
Bathursten(sis) in Canada
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bathurst, Canada
Latin rite diocese in northern New Brunswick, erected in 1860 as the Diocese of Chatham and renamed Bathurst in 1938. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton and is led by Bishop Michel Proulx, appointed in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1860
- Latin
- Bathursten(sis) in Canada
- Patron
- Assumption of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000852
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 97,000
- Population
- 105,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 92.4%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 2,366
- Extent
- 18,770 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.2
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
- Michel Proulx, O.Praem.
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Bathurst, 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 Moncton
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Moncton.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EdmundstonEdmundston
- Archdiocese of MonctonMoncton
- Diocese of Saint John, New BrunswickSaint John, New Brunswick
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Originally known as the Diocese of Chatham, the Diocese of Bathurst (Latin: Dioecesis Bathurstensis in Canada) is a Roman Catholic suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton. Its cathedral episcopal see, Sacred Heart Cathedral, stands in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.
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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.