Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst
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Diocese of Hearst
Dioecesis Hearstensis
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ontario |
| Statistics | |
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| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 33,300 26,500 (79.6%) |
| Parishes | 18 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3 December 1938 |
| Cathedral | Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 18 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Robert Bourgon |
| Emeritus Bishops | Vincent Cadieux, OMI |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis) (erected 18 April 1919, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 17 November 1920 and, further, as the Diocese of Hearst on 3 December 1938.
Ordinaries
- Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé (1918 - 1939)
- Joseph Charbonneau (1939 - 1940)
- Albini LeBlanc (1940 - 1945)
- Georges-Léon Landry (1946 - 1952)
- Louis Lévesque (1952 - 1964)
- Jacques Landriault (1964 - 1971)
- 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) - Bishop Emeritus
- Robert Bourgon (2016 - Present)
Territorial losses
| Year | Along with | To form |
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| 1938 | Diocese of Haileybury | Vicariate Apostolic of Baie de James |
Bibliography
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Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Canada
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| Province of Edmonton | |
| Province of Gatineau | |
| Province of Grouard–McLennan | |
| Province of Halifax–Yarmouth | |
| Province of Keewatin–Le Pas | |
| Province of Kingston | |
| Province of Moncton | |
| Province of Montreal | |
| Province of Ottawa–Cornwall | |
| Province of Québec | |
| Province of Regina | |
| Province of Rimouski | |
| Province of Saint Boniface | |
| Province of St. John's | |
| Province of Sherbrooke | |
| Province of Toronto | |
| Province of Vancouver | |
| Metropolia of Winnipeg | |
| Exempt from the Holy See |
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| Former jurisdictions | |
| Apostolic Nuncio | |
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