Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan
Gruarden(sis)-McLennanpolitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Grouard, Canada
The Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan is a metropolitan see covering northwestern Alberta, founded in 1862 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska-Mackenzie and elevated to an archdiocese in 1967. Its suffragans are Mackenzie-Fort Smith and Whitehorse, and Archbishop Charles Duval took office in September 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1862
- Latin
- Gruarden(sis)-McLennanpolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Martin of Tours
- Annuario code
- 001001530
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 59,927
- Population
- 112,986
- Catholic share
- 53.0%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 1,998
- Extent
- 223,596 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Charles Duval
- Born
- 12 April 1964
- Birthplace
- Gatineau
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)
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 Saint John the Baptist, McLennan stands in Grouard, 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 Grouard-McLennan
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Mackenzie–Fort SmithMackenzie–Fort Smith
- Diocese of WhitehorseWhitehorse
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada, Grouard-McLennan (Latin: Archidioecesis Gruardensis-McLennanpolitana) is the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province for the Roman Catholic Church in northwestern Canada. Charles Duval serves as archbishop, and in that role he is also pastor of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the archdiocese's mother church and episcopal see.
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].