Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
Sancti Ioannis Canaden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Latin Church diocese erected in 1842 covering the Saint John, Fredericton, and Miramichi regions of New Brunswick. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton and is led by Bishop Christian Riesbeck.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1842
- Latin
- Sancti Ioannis Canaden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001002816
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 132,600
- Population
- 331,800
- Catholic share
- 40.0%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 2,210
- Extent
- 60,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.2
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Christian Riesbeck
- Born
- 7 February 1970
- Birthplace
- Montréal
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Saint John, New Brunswick, 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 Moncton
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Moncton.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BathurstBathurst
- Diocese of EdmundstonEdmundston
- Archdiocese of MonctonMoncton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
First erected on 30 September 1842 under the name Diocese of Saint John in America, this see took its present title, the Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Canadensis), on 15 November 1924. It stood under the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth from 1852 until 1936, when it passed to the newly erected Archdiocese of Moncton, a province created to reflect the population and linguistic diversity of New Brunswick's Catholics; it remains a Moncton suffragan today.
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].