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 Monica ChurchMiddletonMass times recorded
- Saint Norbert ChurchLunenburgMass times recorded
- Saint Patrick ChurchDigbyMass times recorded
- Saint Patrick ChurchNew RossView parish
- Saint Paul the Apostle ChurchRiver HebertView parish
- Saint Peter ChurchDartmouthMass times recorded
- Saint Peter ChurchSheet HarbourMass times recorded
- Saint Philip ChurchBarringtonView parish
- Saint Rose of Lima ChurchFall RiverMass times recorded
- Saint Stephen's ChurchHalifaxMass times recorded
- Saint Theresa ChurchSouthvilleView parish
- Saint Thomas Aquinas ChurchHalifaxMass times recorded
- Saint Thomas Aquinas ChurchJogginsView parish
- Saint Thomas ChurchShelburneMass times recorded
- Saint Thomas More ChurchDartmouthView parish
- Saint Thomas More ChurchPugwashMass times recorded
- Saint Vincent de Paul ChurchDartmouthMass times recorded
- Sainte-FamilleAmherstView parish
- St. BenedictHalifaxMass times recorded
- St. John VianneyHalifaxView parish
- Stella Maris ParishTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Université Sainte-Anne ChapelPoint-de-l'ÉgliseView parish
- Église Immaculée ConceptionPubnico-EstMass times recorded
- Église Sacré CoeurSaulniervilleMass times recorded
- Église Saint-Alphonse-de-LigouriSaint-AlphonseMass times recorded
- Église Saint-PierrePubnico-Ouest-le-CentreMass times recorded
- Église Sainte-AnneSainte-Anne-du-RuisseauView parish
- Église Stella MarisMeteghanMass times recorded
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.