Archdiocese of Edmonton
Edmontonen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Edmonton, Canada
The Archdiocese of Edmonton is a metropolitan see covering central Alberta, founded in 1871 as the Diocese of St. Albert and elevated to an archdiocese in 1912. Archbishop Stephen Hero was installed as its eighth archbishop in January 2026; its suffragans are Calgary and Saint Paul in Alberta.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1871
- Latin
- Edmontonen(sis)
- Patron
- san José
- Annuario code
- 001001344
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 495,393
- Population
- 1,981,575
- Catholic share
- 25.0%
- Priests
- 70
- Catholics per priest
- 7,077
- Extent
- 81,151 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.1
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
- Archbishop
- Stephen Hero
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
St. Joseph's Basilica stands in Edmonton, 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 Edmonton
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CalgaryCalgary
- Diocese of Saint-PaulSaint-Paul
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Canadian civil province of Alberta, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Edmontonensis) serves as a Latin Church archdiocese whose metropolitan archbishop is seated at St. Joseph Cathedral, a minor basilica in Edmonton. As the metropolitan see of its ecclesiastical province, it presides over two suffragan dioceses in Alberta: Calgary and Saint Paul.
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].