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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland
Latin Catholic territory in Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province with two suffragan dioceses: Grand Falls and Corner Brook and Labrador. The current archbishop is the Most Reverend Peter Hundt. The Archdiocese of St. John's is the oldest Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in English-speaking North America.
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Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae | |
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![]() Basilica of St. John the Baptist, the archdiocesan cathedral | |
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Territory | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland |
Population - Catholics | 120,135 (49.6%) |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 30 May 1784; 240 years ago |
Cathedral | Basilica of St. John the Baptist |
Patron saint | St. John the Baptist |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Peter Hundt |
Suffragans | Robert Anthony Daniels Bishop of Grand Falls Bart van Roijen Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador |
Website | |
rcsj.org |
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The Basilica of St. John the Baptist is the cathedral of the archdiocese. The building sits within the St. John's Ecclesiastical District, a National Historic District of Canada.