Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee
Hearsten(sis)-Musonitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hearst, Canada
The Diocese of Hearst-Moosonee is a Latin Church diocese in northern Ontario, erected on 3 December 2018 by uniting the former dioceses of Hearst and Moosonee. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 December 2018
- Latin
- Hearsten(sis)-Musonitan(us)
- Patron
- Assumption of Mary, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Annuario code
- 001001588
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 26,520
- Population
- 66,820
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 39.7%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 1,326
- Extent
- 1,108,830 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
- Pierre Olivier Tremblay
- Born
- 22 November 1970
- Birthplace
- Montpellier
- Institute
- MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA
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 Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption stands in Hearst, 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 Ottawa-Cornwall
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Ottawa–CornwallOttawa
- Diocese of PembrokePembroke
- Diocese of TimminsTimmins
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Formed on 3 December 2018 by uniting the Diocese of Hearst with the Diocese of Moosonee, the Diocese of Hearst-Moosonee (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario. The Hearst side of its lineage grew out of the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario, erected on 18 April 1919. The Diocese of Hearst-Moonosee is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.
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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.