Diocese of Vancouver

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Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering southwestern British Columbia, with origins as the 1863 Apostolic Vicariate of British Columbia and elevated to an archdiocese in 1908. It is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Kamloops, Nelson, Prince George, and Victoria, and is led by Archbishop Richard W. Smith.

Archbishop
Richard William Smith
Latin name
Vancuverien(sis)
Established
1863 (archdiocese 1908)
Cathedral
Holy Rosary Cathedral
Patron
Our Lady of the Rosary
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Vancouver
Catholics
446,670
Chancery
John Paul II Pastoral Centre, 4885 Saint John Paul II Way, Vancouver, BC v5z 0g3, Canada
Telephone
Tel. [604]683-0281; fax 683-4288
Email
[email protected]

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001000074 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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