Diocese of Saskatoon
Saskatoonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saskatoon, Canada
Latin Church diocese erected on 9 June 1933 in Saskatchewan. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Regina and is led by Bishop Mark Hagemoen, installed in 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 June 1933
- Latin
- Saskatoonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Paul of Tarsus, Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001003009
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 95,600
- Population
- 413,714
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 23.1%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 1,310
- Extent
- 44,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.1
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
- Mark Hagemoen
- Born
- 4 September 1961
- Birthplace
- 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
Cathedral of the Holy Family, Saskatoon stands in Saskatoon, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. Paul's Co-Cathedral.
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:
- Diocese of Prince AlbertPrince Albert
- Archdiocese of ReginaRegina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
When the Diocese of Prince-Albert-Saskatoon was split on 9 June 1933, the Diocese of Saskatoon (Latin: Dioecesis Saskatoonensis) came into being as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Regina. It lies in Saskatchewan, a civil province on the Canadian Prairies. Mark Hagemoen is the current bishop, taking office after Pope Francis named the previous bishop, Donald Bolen, Archbishop of Regina on July 11, 2016.
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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.