Diocese of Saint Catharines
Sanctae Catharinae in Ontario
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint Catharines, Canada
The Diocese of Saint Catharines is a Latin rite see covering the Niagara Region and Haldimand County in Ontario. It was erected in 1958 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 November 1958
- Latin
- Sanctae Catharinae in Ontario
- Patron
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- Annuario code
- 001002801
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 160,000
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 1,928
- Extent
- 3,158 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 51
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
- Gerard Paul Bergie
- Born
- 4 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Hamilton
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
Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria stands in Saint Catharines, 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 Toronto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toronto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of HamiltonHamilton
- Diocese of LondonLondon
- Diocese of Thunder BayThunder Bay
- Archdiocese of TorontoToronto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 22 November 1958, the Diocese of Saint Catharines (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Catharinae in Ontario) serves the municipalities of Niagara Region and Haldimand County from its seat in St. Catharines, Ontario, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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].