Roman Catholic Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador

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Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador

Dioecesis Riviangulanensis-Labradorensis
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Coat of Arms
Location
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Ecclesiastical province St. John's
Statistics
Population
- Catholics (including non-members)

27,200 (40.9%)
Parishes28
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established9 May 1870
Cathedral Cathedral of the Most Holy Redeemer and Immaculate Conception, Corner Brook
Co-cathedral Basilica of our Lady of Perpetual Help, Labrador City
Secular priests 40
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopBart van Roijen

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador (Latin : Dioecesis Riviangulanensis-Labradorensis) (erected 9 May 1870, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Western Newfoundland) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland. It was re-erected as an apostolic vicariate on 28 April 1892 and as the Diocese of Saint George's on 18 February 1904. The Cathedral is located in Corner Brook.

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History

In 2007, the diocese was expanded and the name was changed from "St. George's" to "Corner Brook and Labrador". This was done by incorporating nearly the entirety of the Diocese of Labrador into the Diocese of St. George. The Diocese of Labrador had been predominantly cared for by the Oblates since 1847 but their mission in Labrador came to an end when Fr. Chris Rushton, the last Oblate to leave, departed in 2013.

In 2007, the Basilica of our Lady of Perpetual Help in the diocese was decreed a basilica. The Basilica was the cathedral of the former Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville. [1]

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