Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador
Riviangulanen(sis)-Labradoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Corner Brook and Labrador, Canada
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 May 2007
- Latin
- Riviangulanen(sis)-Labradoren(sis)
- Patron
- santa Teresita del Niño Jesús
- Annuario code
- 001001215
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,200
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 680
- Extent
- 310,302 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Bartolomeus Van Roijen
- Born
- 4 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Diemen
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
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.
The province of St. John's, Newfoundland
A suffragan of Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Grand FallsGrand Falls
- Archdiocese of Saint John’s, NewfoundlandSaint John’s, Newfoundland
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].