Diocese of Prince George
Principis Georgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Prince George, Canada
The Diocese of Prince George is a Latin rite see covering northern British Columbia. It was erected as a diocese in 1967 (from an earlier vicariate apostolic created in 1944) and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vancouver.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1967
- Latin
- Principis Georgen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Annunciation, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002669
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 51,200
- Population
- 285,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 18.0%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 2,560
- Extent
- 345,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Stephen Arthur Jensen
- Born
- 30 May 1954
- Birthplace
- North Vancouver
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 George, 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 Vancouver
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vancouver.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of VancouverVancouver
- Diocese of KamloopsKamloops
- Diocese of NelsonNelson
- Diocese of VictoriaVictoria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
This suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vancouver began on January 14, 1944 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert, created when the Vicariate Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert was split. It was elevated on July 13, 1967, becoming the Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince George (Latin: Dioecesis Principis Georgensis). As of October 2022, Stephen Jensen serves as bishop.
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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.