Archdiocese of Regina
Reginaten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Regina, Canada
The Archdiocese of Regina is a Latin rite metropolitan see covering southern Saskatchewan. It was erected as a diocese in 1910 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1915.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 March 1910
- Latin
- Reginaten(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001002736
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 124,000
- Population
- 473,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 26.2%
- Priests
- 85
- Catholics per priest
- 1,459
- Extent
- 155,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- Archbishop
- Donald Bolen
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
Holy Rosary Cathedral stands in Regina, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral, Gravelbourg.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Regina
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Prince AlbertPrince Albert
- Diocese of SaskatoonSaskatoon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Saskatchewan, reaching north to about the 30th township (roughly 51°30' latitude), falls under the Archdiocese of Regina (Latin: Archidioecesis Reginatensis), whose seat is the city of Regina. Established as a diocese on March 4, 1910, with Olivier Elzéar Mathieu as its first bishop, it now heads a metropolitan province that takes in the suffragan dioceses of Prince Albert and Saskatoon.
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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.