Archdiocese of Regina
Reginaten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Regina, Canada
The Archdiocese of Regina is a Latin rite metropolitan see covering southern Saskatchewan. It was erected as a diocese in 1910 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1915.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 March 1910
- Latin
- Reginaten(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001002736
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 124,000
- Priests
- 85
- Catholics per priest
- 1,459
- Extent
- 155,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- Archbishop
- Donald Bolen
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
Holy Rosary Cathedral stands in Regina, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral, Gravelbourg.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Regina
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Prince AlbertPrince Albert
- Diocese of SaskatoonSaskatoon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Saskatchewan, reaching north to about the 30th township (roughly 51°30' latitude), falls under the Archdiocese of Regina (Latin: Archidioecesis Reginatensis), whose seat is the city of Regina. Established as a diocese on March 4, 1910, with Olivier Elzéar Mathieu as its first bishop, it now heads a metropolitan province that takes in the suffragan dioceses of Prince Albert and Saskatoon.
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].