Suffragan diocese Bathurst, Canada
Diocese of Bathurst
Bathursten(sis) in Canada
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste-et-Saint-JosephTracadie-SheilaView parish
- Saint-JoachimBertrandView parish
- Saint-JérômeShippaganMass times recorded
- Saint-LouisBrantvilleView parish
- Saint-MichelInkermanView parish
- Saint-Nom-de-JésusBeresfordMass times recorded
- Saint-PaulBas CaraquetView parish
- Saint-Pie XPigeon HillView parish
- Saint-Pierre-aux-LiensCaraquetMass times recorded
- Saint-PolycarpePetit-RocherMass times recorded
- Saint-RaphaëlSt-Marie-St-RaphaëlView parish
- Saint-SimonSaint-SimonMass times recorded
- Saint-Simon-et-Saint-JudeGrande-AnseView parish
- Saint-ThéophileMaisonnetteView parish
- Saint-Vincent-de-PaulPointe-VerteView parish
- Sainte-Bernadette-SoubirousSaint-SauveurView parish
- Sainte-CécilePetite-Rivière-de-l'ÎleView parish
- Sainte-Marguerite-BourgeoysSaint-LéolinMass times recorded
- Sainte-Rose-de-LimaSainte-RoseView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse-d'AvilaRobertvilleView parish
- Sainte-TrinitéEel River CrossingView parish
- Saints-Martyrs-CanadiensPont-LandryMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.