Archdiocese of Saint John’s, Newfoundland
Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Metropolitan archdiocese established as a prefecture apostolic in 1784 and raised to an archdiocese in 1904, the oldest Catholic jurisdiction in English-speaking North America. It is the metropolitan see for the province of St. John's with suffragans Grand Falls and Corner Brook and Labrador, and is led by Archbishop Peter Hundt. Note: listed in the input as a diocese, but it is in fact an archdiocese.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 June 1847
- Latin
- Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002819
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 120,135
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 3,337
- Extent
- 16,641 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.2
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
- Peter Joseph Hundt
- Born
- 26 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Hanover
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
Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist stands in Saint John’s, Newfoundland, 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 St. John's, Newfoundland
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Corner Brook and LabradorCorner Brook and Labrador
- Diocese of Grand FallsGrand Falls
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae) is a Latin Church territory that heads an ecclesiastical province with two suffragan sees, Grand Falls and Corner Brook and Labrador. The Most Reverend Peter Hundt serves as the current archbishop.
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].