Suffragan diocese Peterborough, Canada
Diocese of Peterborough
Peterboroughen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Peterborough is a Latin Church diocese in central Ontario, erected in 1882. The see is sede vacante as of June 2026 after Bishop Daniel Miehm was transferred to the Diocese of London in April 2026, with no successor yet named.
On the map
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- Established
- 1882
- Catholics
- 77,500
- Priests
- 74
- Territory
- 25,900 km²
Parishes and churches
83 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. AnnePeterboroughView parish
- St. Anne MissionBalaView parish
- St. Anne Mission, Port CarlingPort CarlingView parish
- St. Anthony MissionWoodvilleView parish
- St. AugustineRosseauView parish
- St. Augustine MissionPort LoringView parish
- St. Augustine ParishSouth RiverMass times recorded
- St. Bernadette MissionNestletonMass times recorded
- St. Francis of AssisiMindenView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ParishNewcastleMass times recorded
- St. James the GreatMacTierView parish
- St. Jean de Brébeuf MissionBuckhornView parish
- St. Jean Vianney MissionHighland GroveMass times recorded
- St. Jerome MissionPeterboroughView parish
- St. John MissionNipissingView parish
- St. John the BaptistPeterboroughMass times recorded
- St. John the Baptist Mission, MinettMinettView parish
- St. John the Baptist Mission, Port SevernPort SevernMass times recorded
- St. John the EvangelistKirkfieldView parish
- St. John the Evangelist MissionKeeneView parish
- St. JosephDouroMass times recorded
- St. JosephBowmanvilleMass times recorded
- St. JosephBracebridgeView parish
- St. JosephPort SevernView parish
- St. Joseph Parish, BracebridgeBracebridgeMass times recorded
- St. Joseph Parish, DouroDouroMass times recorded
- St. Joseph Parish, PowassanPowassanView parish
- St. Kateri Tekakwitha MissionPeterboroughView parish
- St. LukeDowneyvilleMass times recorded
- St. Margaret Mary Alocoque MissionCoboconkView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Daniel Miehm
- Born
- 27 August 1960
- Birthplace
- Kitchener
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains stands in Peterborough, 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
Kingston's ecclesiastical province in Ontario, Canada, counts among its suffragans the Diocese of Peterborough (Latin: Dioecesis Peterboroughensis), a Latin Church jurisdiction seated at the Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains in Peterborough, Ontario. Daniel J. Miehm, previously an auxiliary bishop of Hamilton, became Bishop of Peterborough by appointment of Pope Francis on March 10, 2017.