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Diocese of Timmins

Timminsen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in northeastern Ontario, erected in 1908 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming and renamed Diocese of Timmins in 1938. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall and is led by Bishop Roch Martin, who took office in 2026.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1908
Latin
Timminsen(sis)
Patron
san Antonio de Padua
Annuario code
001003228

The see in figures

Catholics
61,206
Population
101,393
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
60.4%
Priests
19
Catholics per priest
3,221
Extent
26,200 km²
Catholics per km²
2.3

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
Roch Martin
Born
27 May 1949
Birthplace
Jonquière

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. Anthony of Padua Cathedral stands in Timmins, 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 Ottawa-Cornwall

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

What is now the Diocese of Timmins (Latin: Dioecesis Timminsensis) in Northeastern Ontario began as the Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming, erected on 21 September 1908. It was raised to become the Diocese of Haileybury on 31 December 1915 and received its present name on 10 December 1938. The see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.

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Sources

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.