Diocese of Whitehorse
Equialben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Whitehorse, Canada
The Diocese of Whitehorse is a Latin Church diocese covering Yukon and the part of northern British Columbia above the 57th parallel. Erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of Yukon in 1908 and made the Vicariate Apostolic of Whitehorse in 1944, it was erected as a diocese in 1967 and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1944
- Latin
- Equialben(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Joseph, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000151
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 9,300
- Population
- 44,652
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 20.8%
- Priests
- 6
- Catholics per priest
- 1,550
- Extent
- 723,515 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Héctor Vila
- Born
- 17 September 1962
- Birthplace
- Lima
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Whitehorse, 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 Grouard-McLennan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennanGrouard
- Diocese of Mackenzie–Fort SmithMackenzie–Fort Smith
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Yukon, together with the portion of British Columbia lying north of latitude 57 degrees, forms the Diocese of Whitehorse (Latin: Dioecesis Equialbensis), a Latin Church see and a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan. Figures from 2003 record 23 parishes and 9,000 Catholics, served by 4 active diocesan priests and 9 religious priests, plus 8 women religious, 10 religious brothers, and 1 permanent deacon.
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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.