Diocese of Saint-Paul
Sancti Pauli in Alberta
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint-Paul, Canada
Latin Church diocese erected on 17 July 1948 covering part of Alberta. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Edmonton and is led by Bishop Gary Franken.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 July 1948
- Latin
- Sancti Pauli in Alberta
- Patron
- Saint Paul
- Annuario code
- 001002830
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 105,177
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 4,382
- Extent
- 155,916 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
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
- Gary Anthony Franken
- Born
- 25 September 1962
- Birthplace
- Vancouver
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
St. Paul Cathedral, St. Paul, Alberta stands in Saint-Paul, 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 Edmonton
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Edmonton.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CalgaryCalgary
- Archdiocese of EdmontonEdmonton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the civil province of Alberta belongs to the Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Pauli in Alberta), a Latin Church see and a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton. Gary Anthony Franken was appointed its bishop on September 15, 2022, succeeding Paul Terrio. As of 2018 the diocese counted 20 parishes and 21 missions, roughly 104,000 Catholics, 18 active diocesan priests, 6 religious priests, 8 permanent deacons, and 13 women religious.
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].