Archdiocese of Halifax–Yarmouth
Halifaxien(sis)-Yarmuthen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Halifax, Canada
The Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth is a metropolitan see in Nova Scotia, founded in 1817 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Nova Scotia and raised to an archdiocese in 1852. It assumed its current name in 2011 after merging with the Diocese of Yarmouth, and its suffragans are Antigonish and Charlottetown.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 October 2009
- Latin
- Halifaxien(sis)-Yarmuthen(sis)
- Patron
- Assumption of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001569
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 215,880
- Population
- 807,605
- Catholic share
- 26.7%
- Extent
- 34,055 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.3
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
- Anthony Mancini
- Born
- 8 January 1955
- Birthplace
- Saint John's, Newfoundland
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. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Halifax stands in Halifax, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. Ambrose Co-Cathedral, Yarmouth.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Halifax-Yarmouth
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AntigonishAntigonish
- Diocese of CharlottetownCharlottetown
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the civil province of Nova Scotia falls within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth (Latin: Archidioecesis Halifaxiensis-Yarmuthensis), a Latin Church archdiocese with two principal churches: St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica in Halifax and St. Ambrose Co-Cathedral in Yarmouth. Archbishop Brian Dunn has served as diocesan ordinary since 2020.
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].