Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
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The Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario. The diocese was erected on 3 December 2018 through the unification of the Diocese of Hearst and the Diocese of Moosonee.[1] The Diocese of Hearst evolved from the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario erected on 18 April 1919. The Diocese of Hearst–Moonosee is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.
Country
Canada
CanadaArea1,108,830 km2 (428,120 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
- (as of 2021)
- 66,820
- 26,520 (39.7%)
Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee Dioecesis Hearstensis et Musonitana | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ontario |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,108,830 km2 (428,120 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 25 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3 December 1938 |
| Cathedral | Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 20 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. |
| Bishops emeritus | Vincent Cadieux, OMI Robert Bourgon |
History
The territory that would form the diocese was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 17 November 1920.
Ordinaries
- Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé (1918 - 1939)
- Joseph Charbonneau (1939 - 1940), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
- Albini LeBlanc (1940 - 1945), appointed Bishop of Gaspé, Québec
- Georges-Léon Landry (1946 - 1952)
- Louis Lévesque (1952 - 1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec
- Jacques Landriault (1964 - 1971), appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario
- Roger-Alfred Despatie (1973 - 1993)
- Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. (1993 - 1995)
- André Vallée, P.M.E. (1996 - 2005)
- Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (2007 - 2016)
- He continued as Bishop of Moosonee, a position he had held since 1991. This appointment joined the two dioceses only through him, in persona episcopi, but did not create a single diocesan administration.[2][3]
- Robert Bourgon (2016 - 2020)[3]
- Terrence Prendergast, S.J. (2020 - 2022) as Apostolic Administrator
- Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. (2022 - present)
Territorial losses
| Year | Along with | To form |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Diocese of Haileybury | Vicariate Apostolic of Baie de James |