Metropolitan see Halifax, Canada
Archdiocese of Halifax–Yarmouth
Halifaxien(sis)-Yarmuthen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1817
- Catholics
- 215,880
- Priests
- 68
- Territory
- 34,055 km²
Parishes and churches
88 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saint Anthony of Padua ChurchBerwickMass times recorded
- Saint Augustine ChurchChesterMass times recorded
- Saint Bernard ChurchEnfieldMass times recorded
- Saint Bridget ChurchShubenacadieMass times recorded
- Saint Brigid ChurchEast DalhousieView parish
- Saint Brigid ChurchParrsboroView parish
- Saint Catherine of Siena ChurchHalifaxMass times recorded
- Saint Clement ChurchDartmouthView parish
- Saint Cornelius ChurchStreets RidgeView parish
- Saint Denis Church HallEast Ship HarbourView parish
- Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Francis of Assisi ChurchWolfvilleView parish
- Saint Genevieve ChurchEast ChezzetcookMass times recorded
- Saint Gregory ChurchLiverpoolView parish
- Saint Ignatius ParishBedfordMass times recorded
- Saint John of the Cross ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Saint John the Apostle ParishTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Saint John the Evangelist ChurchWindsorMass times recorded
- Saint John Vianney ChurchLower SackvilleMass times recorded
- Saint John XXIII ChurchDartmouthMass times recorded
- Saint Joseph ChurchBridgewaterMass times recorded
- Saint Joseph ChurchKentvilleMass times recorded
- Saint Joseph ChurchShad BayMass times recorded
- Saint Joseph ChurchWeymouthMass times recorded
- Saint Kateri Tekakwitha ChurchIndian BrookView parish
- Saint Louis ChurchAnnapolis RoyalView parish
- Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys ChurchUpper TantallonMass times recorded
- Saint Matthew ChurchElmwoodView parish
- Saint Michael ChurchHalifaxMass times recorded
- Saint Michael ChurchTatamagoucheView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Anthony Mancini
- Born
- 8 January 1955
- Birthplace
- Saint John's, Newfoundland
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.