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Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary

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Diocese of Calgary
Diœcesis Calgariensis
St Mary's Cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical province Edmonton
Statistics
Area 110,500 km2 (42,700 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		1,208,121[1]
546,400[1] (45.2%)
Parishes 67[1]
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 30 November 1912
Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral
Secular priests 131
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop William McGrattan
Metropolitan Archbishop Stephen Andrew Hero
Map
Website
www.calgarydiocese.ca

Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary — The Diocese of Calgary (Latin: Diœcesis Calgariensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Alberta, Canada. The Diocese of Calgary is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary’s Cathedral, Calgary, Alberta. It is currently led by Bishop William McGrattan.[2]

History

The diocese was established on 30 Nov. 1912 as Diocese of Calgary, Latin adjective Calgarien(sis), on territory split off from the Diocese of Saint Albert.

Bishops

Diocesan ordinaries

[3](all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Calgary
  • John Thomas McNally (1913.04.04 – 1924.08.12); later Bishop of Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) (1924.08.12 – 1937.02.17), Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1937.02.17 – death 1952.11.18)
  • John Thomas Kidd (1925.02.06 – 1931.07.03), next Bishop of London (Ontario, Canada) (1931.07.03 – death 1950.06.02)
  • Peter Joseph Monahan (1932.06.10 – 1935.06.26), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada) (1935.06.26 – death 1947.05.06)
  • Francis Patrick Carroll (1935.12.19 – retired 1966.12.28), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Horrea (1966.12.28 – death 1967.02.25)
    • Auxiliary bishop Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14), Titular Bishop of Saccæa (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1966.12.14 – retired 1982.03.12); died 1995
  • Francis Joseph Klein (1967.02.25 – death 1968.02.03); previously Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1952.02.28 – 1967.02.25)
  • Paul John O'Byrne (1968.06.20 – retired 1998.01.19), died 2004
  • Frederick Henry (1998.01.19 – retired 2017.01.04), previously Titular Bishop of Carinola (1986.04.18 – 1995.03.24) as Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada) (1986.04.18 – 1995.03.24), Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada) (1995.03.24 – 1998.01.19), died 2024
  • William McGrattan (4 January 2017 –...); previously Titular Bishop of Furnos minor (2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08), Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) (2014.04.08 – 2017.01.04).

Auxiliary bishop

  • Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (1963-1966), appointed Archbishop of Kingston

Statistics and extent

It includes the Calgary Region, all of southern Alberta and the extreme lower half of the Alberta's Rockies region.

As per 2014 it pastorally served 538,000 Catholics (45.5% of 1,183,000 total) on 110,500 km² in 69 parishes with 158 priests (123 diocesan, 35 religious), 50 deacons, 166 lay religious (46 brothers, 120 sisters) and 10 seminarians.[3]

The diocese contains 82+ parishes and missions specifically: 37 parishes in Calgary alone; of which, 10 are ethnic parishes, an additional university parish to serve the University of Calgary and 45+ parishes and missions designated for southern Alberta and the Rockies lower region. On December 3, 2017 Bishop McGrattan announced his intention to make Our Lady of the Rockies Parish in Canmore into a Diocesan Marian Shrine in the spring of 2019.[4]

In 2006: 87 diocesan priests, 38 religious priests 427,200 Catholics. 110 women religious, 48 religious brothers and 30 permanent deacons make up the spiritual work force in Calgary not including the other regions.

Calgary city Parishes

Rural Parishes and Missions

Airdrie
St. Paul
Banff
St. Mary's
Beiseker
St. Mary's
Blairmore (Crowsnest Pass)
Holy Trinity
Bow Island
St. Michael's Mission: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Foremost
Brocket
St. Paul's
Brooks
St. Mary's
Canmore
Our Lady of the Rockies
Carstairs
St. Agnes Catholic Parish
Chestermere
St. Gabriel the Archangel
Claresholm
Christ the King Mission: St. Cecilia, Nanton
Mission: St. Mary's, Champion 		Cluny
St. Mary's
Coaldale
St. Ambrose
Cochrane
St. Mary's
Drumheller
St. Anthony
Fort Macleod
Holy Cross Mission: St. Theresa, Cardston
Hanna
St. George's
High River
St. Francis de Sales Mission: St. Andrew's, Vulcan
Lethbridge
Our Lady of the Assumption
St. Basil's
St. Patrick's
St. Martha
Medicine Hat
Holy Family
St. Patrick 		Milk River
St. Peter Mission: St. Isidore's, Allerston
Okotoks
St. James Mission: St. Michael's, Black Diamond
Oyen
Sacred Heart
Picture Butte
St. Catherine's
Pincher Creek
St. Michael Mission: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Waterton
Rockyford
St. Rita
Siksika Nation
Holy Trinity
Standoff
Immaculate Conception Mission: four churches on the Blood Reserve
Strathmore
Sacred Heart
Taber
St. Augustine
Vauxhall
St. Joseph

See also

51°03′00″N 114°04′01″W / 51.0500°N 114.0670°W

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[5]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2017 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017), 136.
  2. Back to citation "Appointments and Installations – Apostolic Nunciature in Canada".
  3. Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 "Diocese of Calgary, Canada".
  4. Back to citation "Home". rockiesparish.com.
  5. Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary, official website
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