Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee

The Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario. The diocese was erected on 3 December 2018 through the unification of the Diocese of Hearst and the Diocese of Moosonee.[1] The Diocese of Hearst evolved from the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario erected on 18 April 1919. The Diocese of Hearst–Moonosee is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.

Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee

Dioecesis Hearstensis
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceOntario
Statistics
Area108,830 km2 (42,020 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2013)
33,300
26,500 (79.6%)
Parishes18
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3 December 1938
CathedralNotre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral
Secular priests18
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopsede vacante
Apostolic AdministratorTerrence Prendergast, S.J.
Bishops emeritusVincent Cadieux, OMI
Robert Bourgon

History

The territory that would form the diocese was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 17 November 1920.

Ordinaries
  • Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé (1918 - 1939)
  • Joseph Charbonneau (1939 - 1940), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
  • Albini LeBlanc (1940 - 1945), appointed Bishop of Gaspé, Québec
  • Georges-Léon Landry (1946 - 1952)
  • Louis Lévesque (1952 - 1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec
  • Jacques Landriault (1964 - 1971), appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario
  • Roger-Alfred Despatie (1973 - 1993)
  • Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. (1993 - 1995)
  • André Vallée, P.M.E. (1996 - 2005)
  • Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (2007 - 2016)
    • He continued as Bishop of Moosonee, a position he had held since 1991. This appointment joined the two dioceses only through him, in persona episcopi, but did not create a single diocesan administration.[2][3]
  • Robert Bourgon (2016 - 2020)[3]
  • Terrence Prendergast, S.J. (2020-Present Apostolic Administrator)

Territorial losses
YearAlong withTo form
1938Diocese of HaileyburyVicariate Apostolic of Baie de James

References
  1. "Resignations and Appointments, 03.12.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. "Rinunce e nomine, 25.07.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. "Rinunce e nomine, 02.02.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

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