Diocese of Prince Albert
Principis Alberten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Prince Albert, Canada
The Diocese of Prince Albert is a Latin Church diocese in central Saskatchewan, founded in 1891 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Regina. Pope Leo XIV appointed Kenneth Thorson, O.M.I., as bishop on 28 May 2026, succeeding Stephen Hero who became Archbishop of Edmonton in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 December 1907
- Latin
- Principis Alberten(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002668
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 32,000
- Population
- 220,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 14.5%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 914
- Extent
- 118,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Kenneth Thorson
- Institute
- O.M.I.
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 Prince Albert, 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 Regina
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Regina.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ReginaRegina
- Diocese of SaskatoonSaskatoon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Saskatchewan, the Diocese of Prince-Albert (Latin: Dioecesis Principis Albertensis) is a Latin Catholic suffragan within the western Canadian ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Regina. Sacred Heart Cathedral at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan serves as its cathedral episcopal see, and the diocese also holds the National Shrine of the Little Flower in Wakaw, Saskatchewan.
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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.