Diocese of Victoria
Victorien(sis) in Insula Vancouver
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Victoria, Canada
Latin rite diocese covering Vancouver Island and adjacent islands of British Columbia, erected in 1846 as the Diocese of Vancouver Island and the oldest Canadian diocese west of Toronto. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vancouver and is led by Bishop Gary M. Gordon.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 July 1846
- Latin
- Victorien(sis) in Insula Vancouver
- Annuario code
- 001000099
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 96,000
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 3,097
- Extent
- 95,275 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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 Gordon
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. Andrew's Cathedral stands in Victoria, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vancouver.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KamloopsKamloops
- Diocese of NelsonNelson
- Diocese of Prince GeorgePrince George
- Archdiocese of VancouverVancouver
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
All of Vancouver Island, along with several nearby British Columbia islands, makes up the Diocese of Victoria (Latin: Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver), the oldest Canadian diocese west of Toronto. A Latin Church see with its seat in Victoria, it is a suffragan in the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver. Its cathedral is St. Andrew's Cathedral, and Gary Gordon is the present diocesan bishop.
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].