Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary

The Diocese of Calgary (Latin: Diœcesis Calgariensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Alberta, Canada. The Diocese of Calgary is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary’s Cathedral, Calgary, Alberta. It is currently led by Bishop William McGrattan.^[2]

Established on 1912年11月30日 as Diocese of Calgary, Latin adjective Calgarien(sis), on territory split off from the Diocese of Saint Albert.

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Suffragan Bishops of Calgary

• John Thomas McNally (1913年04月04日 – 1924年08月12日); later Bishop of Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) (1924年08月12日 – 1937年02月17日), Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1937年02月17日 – death 1952年11月18日)
• John Thomas Kidd (1925年02月06日 – 1931年07月03日), next Bishop of London (Ontario, Canada) (1931年07月03日 – death 1950年06月02日)
• Peter Joseph Monahan (1932年06月10日 – 1935年06月26日), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada) (1935年06月26日 – death 1947年05月06日)
• Francis Patrick Carroll (Canadian bishop)  [de] (1935年12月19日 – retired 1966年12月28日), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Horrea (1966年12月28日 – death 1967年02月25日)
  • Auxiliary bishop Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (1963年06月25日 – 1966年12月14日), Titular Bishop of Saccæa (1963年06月25日 – 1966年12月14日); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1966年12月14日 – retired 1982年03月12日); died 1995
• Francis Joseph Klein (1967年02月25日 – death 1968年02月03日); previously Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1952年02月28日 – 1967年02月25日)
• Paul John O'Byrne  [de] (1968年06月20日 – retired 1998年01月19日), died 2004
• Frederick Henry (1998年01月19日 – retired 2017年01月04日), previously Titular Bishop of Carinola (1986年04月18日 – 1995年03月24日) as Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada) (1986年04月18日 – 1995年03月24日), Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada) (1995年03月24日 – 1998年01月19日), died 2024
• William McGrattan (4 January 2017 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of Furnos minor (2009年11月06日 – 2014年04月08日) as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (2009年11月06日 – 2014年04月08日), Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) (2014年04月08日 – 2017年01月04日).

• Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (1963-1966), appointed Archbishop of Kingston

It includes the Calgary Region, all of southern Alberta and the extreme lower half of the Alberta's Rockies region.

As per 2014 it pastorally served 538,000 Catholics (45.5% of 1,183,000 total) on 110,500 km2 in 69 parishes with 158 priests (123 diocesan, 35 religious), 50 deacons, 166 lay religious (46 brothers, 120 sisters) and 10 seminarians.^[3]

The diocese contains 82+ parishes and missions specifically: 37 parishes in Calgary alone; of which, 10 are ethnic parishes, an additional university parish to serve the University of Calgary and 45+ parishes and missions designated for southern Alberta and the Rockies lower region. On December 3, 2017 Bishop McGrattan announced his intention to make Our Lady of the Rockies Parish in Canmore into a Diocesan Marian Shrine in the spring of 2019.^[4]

In 2006: 87 diocesan priests, 38 religious priests 427,200 Catholics. 110 women religious, 48 religious brothers and 30 permanent deacons make up the spiritual work force in Calgary not including the other regions.

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• Diocese of Calgary page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006 ^{[self-published source ]}
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