Diocese of Mackenzie–Fort Smith
Mackenzien(sis)-Arcis Smith
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mackenzie–Fort Smith, Canada
The Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith is a Latin Church diocese covering the Northwest Territories and adjacent areas, created as a vicariate in 1901 and elevated to a diocese in 1967. Jon Hansen, C.Ss.R., has served as bishop since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1901
- Latin
- Mackenzien(sis)-Arcis Smith
- Annuario code
- 001002096
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 16,500
- Priests
- 10
- Catholics per priest
- 1,650
- Extent
- 1,303,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Jon Hansen
- Born
- 18 February 1967
- Birthplace
- Edmonton
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)
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. Joseph Cathedral stands in Mackenzie–Fort Smith, 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 Grouard-McLennan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennanGrouard
- Diocese of WhitehorseWhitehorse
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Northwest Territories and the extreme west of the Territory of Nunavut in Canada form the territory of the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith (Latin: Dioecesis Mackenziensis-Arcis Smith), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. First created in 1901 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie, it became a full episcopal see in 1967. Bishop Jon Hansen, C.Ss.R. currently serves as Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Canada.
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].