Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough

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Diocese of Peterborough

Dioecesis Peterboroughensis
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Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical province Kingston
Population
- Catholics

100,000 (25.2%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedJuly 11, 1882
Cathedral St. Peter-in-Chains
Patron saintSt. Peter & St. Patrick
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopMost Rev. Daniel J. Miehm
Metropolitan ArchbishopMost Rev. Michael Mulhall
Vicar GeneralMsgr. Michael Heffernan
Website
peterboroughdiocese.org

The Diocese of Peterborough (Latin : Dioecesis Peterboroughensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario, Canada. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario.

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Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains in Peterborough, Ontario. On March 10, 2017, Pope Francis named former Hamilton Auxiliary Bishop Daniel J. Miehm as the new Bishop of Peterborough. [1]

History

Established on 25 January 1874 as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Canada, on territory split off from the Diocese of Kingston in Ontario, the Diocese of Peterborough was first established July 11, 1882 by Pope Leo XIII. [2]

Statistics and extent

As per 2014, it pastorally served 61,700 Catholics (13.8% of 447,000 total) on 25,900 km2 in 40 parishes and a mission with 69 priests (56 diocesan, 13 religious), 8 deacons, 92 lay religious (13 brothers, 79 sisters) and 2 seminarians.

As of 2006, the diocese contained 88,741 Catholics in 43 parishes, 104 priests, 9 religious priests, 101 Women Religious and 12 deacons.

The Diocese of Peterborough includes the Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts, the counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, and Victoria, that portion of the Regional District of Durham which formally was the County of Durham and five townships of the County of Haliburton.

Bishops

(all Roman Rite) [3]

Apostolic Vicar of Northern Canada
Suffragan Bishops of Peterborough

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

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References

  1. News, Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic. "Bishop Miehm eager to bring pastoral approach to Peterborough". www.catholicregister.org.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "History of the Diocese". www.peterboroughdiocese.org. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pete0.htm GCatholic