Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough

Not to be confused with Anglican Diocese of Peterborough.

Diocese of Peterborough Dioecesis Peterboroughensis
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Kingston
Metropolitan	Most Rev. Brendan O'Brien
Population - Catholics	100,000 (25.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 11, 1882
Cathedral	Saint Peter-in-Chains
Patron saint	St. Peter & St. Patrick
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Most Rev. William Terrence McGrattan
Vicar General	Rev. Joseph Moran
Website
www.peterboroughdiocese.org catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpete.html

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough (Latin: Dioecesis Peterboroughensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario. It was first established July 11, 1882 by Pope Leo XIII and was found through the union of the Vicariate of Northern Canada and the western part of the Diocese of Kingston. As an Episcopal see, it extended from the shores of Lake Ontario north to Georgian Bay and from the shores of Lake Superior to the border of the Archdiocese of St. Boniface, Manitoba. The diocese had a Catholic population of about 30,000 and Bishop Jean Francois Jamot, the first Bishop, took residence here. The present geographical area of the Diocese of Peterborough includes the districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound, the counties of Peterborough, Northumberland and Victoria, that portion of the Regional District of Durham which formally was the County of Durham, and five south western townships of the County of Haliburton. It is currently led by Bishop William Terrence McGrattan.

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

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the bishops of Peterborough, and their terms of service:

• Jean-François Jamot (11 Jul 1882 to 4 May 1886)
• Thomas Joseph Dowling (14 Dec 1886 to 11 Jan 1889)
• David Joseph Scollard (Priest: 21 Dec 1890 to 20 Sep 1904)
• Richard Alphonsus O’Connor (11 Jan 1889 to 23 Jan 1913)
• Richard Michael Joseph O'Brien (20 Jun 1913 to 17 May 1929)
• Dennis P. O'Connor (30 Jan 1930 to 30 Aug 1942)
• John Roderick MacDonald (5 Jun 1943 to 14 Apr 1945)
• Joseph Gerald Berry (7 Apr 1945 to 28 Nov 1953)
• Benjamin Ibberson Webster (24 Apr 1954 to 12 Mar 1968)
• Francis Anthony Marrocco (10 Jun 1968 to 18 Jul 1975)
• James Leonard Doyle (24 May 1976 to 28 Dec 2002)
• Nicola De Angelis (28 Dec 2002 to Apr 2014)
• William Terrence McGrattan (Apr 2014 - present)

References

• Diocese of Peterborough page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved August 2, 2006

External links

• Diocese of Peterborough website
• the Catholic Encyclopedia