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Suffragan diocese Hearst, Canada

Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee

Hearsten(sis)-Musonitan(us)

The Diocese of Hearst-Moosonee is a Latin Church diocese in northern Ontario, erected on 3 December 2018 by uniting the former dioceses of Hearst and Moosonee. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in Hearst, Canada.

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Established
2018
Catholics
26,520
Priests
20
Territory
1,108,830 km²

Parishes and churches

27 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Pierre Olivier Tremblay
Born
22 November 1970
Birthplace
Montpellier
Institute
MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption stands in Hearst, 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.

History

Formed on 3 December 2018 by uniting the Diocese of Hearst with the Diocese of Moosonee, the Diocese of Hearst-Moosonee (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario. The Hearst side of its lineage grew out of the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario, erected on 18 April 1919. The Diocese of Hearst-Moonosee is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.