Diocese of Saint Catharines
Sanctae Catharinae in Ontario
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint Catharines, Canada
The Diocese of Saint Catharines is a Latin rite see covering the Niagara Region and Haldimand County in Ontario. It was erected in 1958 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 November 1958
- Latin
- Sanctae Catharinae in Ontario
- Patron
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- Annuario code
- 001002801
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 160,000
- Population
- 527,157
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 30.4%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 1,928
- Extent
- 3,158 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 51
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
- Gerard Paul Bergie
- Born
- 4 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Hamilton
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 St. Catherine of Alexandria stands in Saint Catharines, 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 Toronto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toronto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of HamiltonHamilton
- Diocese of LondonLondon
- Diocese of Thunder BayThunder Bay
- Archdiocese of TorontoToronto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 22 November 1958, the Diocese of Saint Catharines (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Catharinae in Ontario) serves the municipalities of Niagara Region and Haldimand County from its seat in St. Catharines, Ontario, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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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.