Diocese of Kamloops
Kamloopsen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kamloops, Canada
The Diocese of Kamloops is a Latin Church diocese covering central British Columbia, erected on 22 December 1945 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Vancouver. Joseph Phuong Nguyen has served as bishop since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 1945
- Latin
- Kamloopsen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001792
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 51,900
- Population
- 2,006
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 2,471
- Extent
- 119,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Bishop
- Joseph Phuong Nguyen
- Born
- 25 March 1957
- Birthplace
- Ha-Lan
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Kamloops, 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 Vancouver
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vancouver.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of NelsonNelson
- Diocese of Prince GeorgePrince George
- Archdiocese of VancouverVancouver
- Diocese of VictoriaVictoria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 22 December 1945, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops (Latin: Dioecesis Kamloopsensis) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, led by Bishop Joseph Phuong Nguyen.
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].