Diocese of Grand Falls
Grandicataracten(sis), già Grandfallen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Grand Falls, Canada
The Diocese of Grand Falls in Newfoundland originated in 1856 as the Diocese of Harbour Grace, becoming Harbour Grace-Grand Falls in 1958 and taking its current name in 1964. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of St. John's, with its see at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1856
- Latin
- Grandicataracten(sis), già Grandfallen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001517
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 37,200
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 1,550
- Extent
- 42,368 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Robert Anthony Daniels
- Born
- 18 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Windsor
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, Grand Falls-Windsor stands in Grand Falls, 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 St. John's, Newfoundland
A suffragan of Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Corner Brook and LabradorCorner Brook and Labrador
- Archdiocese of Saint John’s, NewfoundlandSaint John’s, Newfoundland
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 29 February 1856 as the Diocese of Harbour Grace, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls (Latin: Dioecesis Grandfallensis) is a Latin suffragan within the Atlantic Canadian ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Grand Falls-Windsor, and a former cathedral, likewise dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, stands in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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].