Diocese of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson
Churchillpolitan(us)-Sinus de Hudson
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Churchill, Canada
The Diocese of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson covers a vast territory across northeastern Manitoba and most of Nunavut, established in 1925 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Hudson Bay and raised to a diocese in 1967. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1925
- Latin
- Churchillpolitan(us)-Sinus de Hudson
- Patron
- The Canadian Martyrs and Queen of Martyrs
- Annuario code
- 001001153
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 10,370
- Population
- 41,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 25.3%
- Priests
- 12
- Catholics per priest
- 864
- Extent
- 2,300,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Wiesław Krótki
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
Cathedral of the Holy Canadian Martyrs and Queen of Martyrs stands in Churchill, 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 Keewatin-Le Pas
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le PasKeewatin
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Churchill, Manitoba, the Cathédrale Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens-et-Reine-des-Martyrs, dedicated to the Canadian Martyrs and the Queen of Martyrs, holds the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay (French: Diocèse de Churchill-Baie d'Hudson; Latin: Dioecesis Churchillpolitana-Sinus de Hudson). This Latin Catholic diocese is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.