Diocese of Charlottetown
Carolinapolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Charlottetown, Canada
Latin rite diocese comprising all of Prince Edward Island, erected in 1829 and one of the oldest English-speaking dioceses in Canada. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and has been sede vacante since Bishop Joseph Dabrowski departed in late 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 August 1829
- Latin
- Carolinapolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Dunstan
- Annuario code
- 001001114
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 68,150
- Population
- 159,713
- Catholic share
- 42.7%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 1,747
- Extent
- 5,686 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Dunstan stands in Charlottetown, 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 AntigonishAntigonish
- Archdiocese of Halifax–YarmouthHalifax
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The whole province of Prince Edward Island falls within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown (Latin: Dioecesis Carolinapolitana), a suffragan diocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. Carved from the Archdiocese of Quebec on August 11, 1829, it passed to the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth on May 4, 1852, and ranks as the second-oldest English-speaking diocese in Canada. The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Dunstan in downtown Charlottetown serves as its seat.
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].