Diocese of Edmundston
Edmundstonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Edmundston, Canada
The Diocese of Edmundston is a Latin Church diocese in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada, erected in 1944. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton, with its see at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 December 1944
- Latin
- Edmundstonen(sis)
- Patron
- Inmaculada Concepción
- Annuario code
- 001001346
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 49,400
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 1,976
- Extent
- 12,838 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.8
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
- Claude Champagne
- Born
- 22 July 1947
- Birthplace
- Lachine
- Institute
- MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA
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 Immaculate Conception stands in Edmundston, 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 Moncton
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Moncton.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BathurstBathurst
- Archdiocese of MonctonMoncton
- Diocese of Saint John, New BrunswickSaint John, New Brunswick
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 16 December 1944, the Diocese of Edmundston (Latin: Dioecesis Edmundstonensis, French: Diocèse d'Edmundston) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in New Brunswick, Canada, and a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Moncton.
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].