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Suffragan diocese Pembroke, Canada

Diocese of Pembroke

Pembroken(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Pembroke is a Latin Church diocese in the Ottawa Valley of Ontario, erected in 1898 from the earlier Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall, with St. Columbkille Cathedral as its mother church.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Columbkille Cathedral, in Pembroke, Canada.

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Established
1898
Catholics
65,600
Priests
57
Territory
20,000 km²

Parishes and churches

55 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
Michael Brehl
Born
7 January 1955
Birthplace
Toronto
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)

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The cathedral

St. Columbkille Cathedral stands in Pembroke, 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

First erected on 11 July 1882 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Pembrokensis) was elevated as the Diocese of Pembroke on 4 May 1898 and stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. The Cathedral of St. Columbkille in Pembroke serves as the mother church of the Diocese of Pembroke.

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