Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg

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Archdiocese of Winnipeg
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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
Established1915
Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral in Winnipeg
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Richard Gagnon
Bishops emeritus James Vernon Weisgerber
Website
archwinnipeg.ca

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.

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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.

History

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

Bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Winnipeg and their terms of service:

Archbishops

Coadjutor bishops

Auxiliary bishops

Priests of this diocese who became bishops

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 "History: Part III - The Formation of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg". Archdiocese of Winnipeg. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  2. Reid, Jr., John M. (1961). The Erection of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg (MA thesis). University of Manitoba. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  3. "Most Reverend Richard Gagnon, Seventh Archbishop of Winnipeg | Archdiocese of Winnipeg". www.archwinnipeg.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-11-17.

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