Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg
Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archdiocese of Winnipeg (Latin: Archidioecesis Vinnipegensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that includes part of the province of Manitoba, Canada. The archdiocese is the only diocese of the Latin Church in Canada that is immediately exempt to the Holy See, as it is not part of an ecclesiastical province.[1] Located on the west side of the Red River, the Archdiocese of Winnipeg was created from the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface.
Archdiocese of Winnipeg | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Coat of Arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See[1] |
| Population - Catholics | 166,000 (23.5%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1915 |
| Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral in Winnipeg |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Richard Gagnon |
| Bishops emeritus | James Vernon Weisgerber |
| Website | |
| archwinnipeg.ca | |
As of 2010, the archdiocese contains 92 parishes, 60 active diocesan priests, 26 religious priests, and 166,000 Catholics. It also has 27 religious brothers, 113 religious sisters, and 19 permanent deacons. The cathedral of the archdiocese is St. Mary's Cathedral in Winnipeg. The archbishop since 2014 is Richard Gagnon.
The Archdiocese was created in 1915 by Pope Benedict XV in his bull Inter praecipuas. Unusually, this bull made the archdiocese exempt and subject immediately to the Holy See. Historian John M. Reid Jr. suggests that this decision was made due to ethnic conflicts in Winnipeg between Irish and French Catholics. The existing Archdiocese of St. Boniface was traditionally Francophone.[2]: 90–91
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Winnipeg and their terms of service:
Archbishops
- Arthur Alfred Sinnott (1915–1952)
- Philip Francis Pocock (1952–1961), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
- George Flahiff (1960–1982)
- Adam Exner (1982–1991), appointed Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia
- Leonard James Wall (1992–2000)
- James Weisgerber (2000–2013)
- Richard Gagnon (2014–present)[3]
Coadjutor bishops
- Gerald C. Murray (1944–1951), did not succeed to the see
- Philip Francis Pocock (1951–1952)
Auxiliary bishops
- Francis Ryder Wood (1940-1943?), did not take effect
Priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Charles Aimé Halpin, appointed Archbishop of Regina in 1973
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
