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Suffragan diocese Timmins, Canada

Diocese of Timmins

Timminsen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in northeastern Ontario, erected in 1908 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming and renamed Diocese of Timmins in 1938. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall and is led by Bishop Roch Martin, who took office in 2026.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, in Timmins, Canada.

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Established
1908
Catholics
61,206
Priests
19
Territory
26,200 km²

Parishes and churches

24 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Roch Martin
Born
27 May 1949
Birthplace
Jonquière

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The cathedral

St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral stands in Timmins, 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.

History

What is now the Diocese of Timmins (Latin: Dioecesis Timminsensis) in Northeastern Ontario began as the Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming, erected on 21 September 1908. It was raised to become the Diocese of Haileybury on 31 December 1915 and received its present name on 10 December 1938. The see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.