Diocese of Thunder Bay
Sinus Tonitralis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Thunder Bay, Canada
Latin rite diocese in northwestern Ontario, erected in 1952 as the Diocese of Fort William and renamed Thunder Bay in 1970. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toronto and is led by Bishop Alan Campeau, appointed in January 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1952
- Latin
- Sinus Tonitralis
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001003219
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 89,000
- Population
- 290,142
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 30.7%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 3,179
- Extent
- 220,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Alan Campeau
- Born
- 1 August 1959
- Birthplace
- Belle River
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
St. Patrick's Cathedral stands in Thunder Bay, 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 Saint CatharinesSaint Catharines
- Archdiocese of TorontoToronto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Ontario, Canada, the Diocese of Thunder Bay (Latin: Dioecesis Sinus Tonitralis) serves as a Latin suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto. Its bishop's seat is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Thunder Bay, Ontario, dedicated to St. Patrick.
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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.