Archdiocese of Vancouver
Vancuverien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Vancouver, Canada
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1863
- Latin
- Vancuverien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001000074
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 446,670
- Priests
- 192
- Catholics per priest
- 2,326
- Extent
- 119,439 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.7
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
- Archbishop
- Richard William Smith
- Born
- 9 July 1946
- Birthplace
- Ottawa
- Institute
- PRETI DI SAN BASILIO (C.S.B.)
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
Holy Rosary Cathedral stands in Vancouver, 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 Vancouver
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KamloopsKamloops
- Diocese of NelsonNelson
- Diocese of Prince GeorgePrince George
- Diocese of VictoriaVictoria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the Canadian province of British Columbia falls to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vancouveriensis), a Catholic Latin archdiocese. Richard W. Smith is the incumbent ordinary, and the archiepiscopal seat is Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver, B.C., dedicated to the diocesan patron, Our Lady of the Rosary.
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].