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Suffragan diocese Corner Brook and Labrador, Canada

Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador

Riviangulanen(sis)-Labradoren(sis)

The Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador serves western Newfoundland and Labrador, originating in 1870 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Western Newfoundland. It took its current name in 2007 after absorbing most of the former Diocese of Labrador, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of St. John's.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Most Holy Redeemer and Immaculate Conception, in Corner Brook and Labrador, Canada.

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Established
1870
Catholics
27,200
Priests
40
Territory
310,302 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Bartolomeus Van Roijen
Born
4 August 1965
Birthplace
Diemen

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Most Holy Redeemer and Immaculate Conception stands in Corner Brook and Labrador, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Labrador City.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

First established on 9 May 1870 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Western Newfoundland, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador (Latin: Dioecesis Riviangulanensis-Labradorensis) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland. Its cathedral stands in Corner Brook.