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Suffragan diocese Bathurst, Canada

Diocese of Bathurst

Bathursten(sis) in Canada

Latin rite diocese in northern New Brunswick, erected in 1860 as the Diocese of Chatham and renamed Bathurst in 1938. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton and is led by Bishop Michel Proulx, appointed in 2023.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Bathurst, Canada.

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Established
1860
Catholics
97,000
Priests
41
Territory
18,770 km²

Parishes and churches

52 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Michel Proulx, O.Praem.

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The cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Bathurst, 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.

History

Originally known as the Diocese of Chatham, the Diocese of Bathurst (Latin: Dioecesis Bathurstensis in Canada) is a Roman Catholic suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton. Its cathedral episcopal see, Sacred Heart Cathedral, stands in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.