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Diocese of Antigonish
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Latin rite diocese covering northern mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, erected in 1844 as the Diocese of Arichat and renamed Antigonish in 1886. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and is led by Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick, installed in 2020.
- Bishop
- Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick
- Latin name
- Antigonicen(sis)
- Established
- 1844
- Cathedral
- St. Ninian's Cathedral
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Halifax-Yarmouth (Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth)
- Catholics
- 124,400
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, 168 Hawthorne Street, P.O. Box 1330, Antigonish, NS b2g 2L7, Canada
- Telephone
- Tel. [902]863-3335; fax 863-0037
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
Parishes near the see
- Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Chapel <1 km
- Holy Trinity Parish <1 km
- St. Ninian Cathedral · Cathedral Way <1 km
- St. Francis Xavier University Chapel · Bishops Place 1 km
- St. Francis Xavier University · Antigonish 1 km
- Immaculate Conception · Antigonish 8 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001000702 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08