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Diocese of Calgary

Calgarien(sis)

Latin rite diocese covering southern Alberta, erected on 30 November 1912. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Edmonton and is led by Bishop William McGrattan, appointed in 2017.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 November 1912
Latin
Calgarien(sis)
Patron
Immaculate Conception
Annuario code
001001019

The see in figures

Catholics
546,400
Population
1,208,121
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
45.2%
Priests
131
Catholics per priest
4,171
Extent
110,500 km²
Catholics per km²
4.9

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
William Terrence McGrattan
Born
19 September 1956
Birthplace
London

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. Mary's Cathedral stands in Calgary, 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 Edmonton

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Edmonton.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Alberta, Canada is home to the Diocese of Calgary (Latin: Diœcesis Calgariensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton. Bishop William McGrattan currently leads the diocese from its cathedral episcopal see, St. Mary's Cathedral in Calgary, Alberta.

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Sources

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.