Diocese of Antigonish
Antigonicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Antigonish, Canada
Latin rite diocese covering northern mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, erected in 1844 as the Diocese of Arichat and renamed Antigonish in 1886. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and is led by Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick, installed in 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1844
- Latin
- Antigonicen(sis)
- Patron
- Ninian
- Annuario code
- 001000702
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 124,400
- Population
- 220,300
- Catholic share
- 56.5%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 1,681
- Extent
- 18,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.6
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick
- Born
- 5 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Saint Catharines
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. Ninian's Cathedral stands in Antigonish, 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 Halifax-Yarmouth
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CharlottetownCharlottetown
- Archdiocese of Halifax–YarmouthHalifax
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Nova Scotia, Canada, the Catholic Church maintains the Latin Church Diocese of Antigonish (Latin: Dioecesis Antigonicensis). Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick serves as its current diocesan ordinary.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].