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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland

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Population - Catholics
  
111,000 (49.6%)

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Province
  
Newfoundland and Labrador

Country
  
Canada

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
16,641 km²

Phone
  
+1 709-726-3660

Patron saint
  
John the Baptist

Territory
  
Newfoundland and Labrador

Ecclesiastical province
  
Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland

Metropolitan
  
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Address
  
200 Military Rd, St. John's, NL A1C 2E8, Canada

Cathedral
  
Basilica of St. John the Baptist

Similar
  
The Basilica Cathedral, St Patrick's Church, St Teresa's Parish, St Pius X, Anglican Cathedral of St Joh

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the Metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of St. John's, which also includes the suffragan dioceses of Grand Falls, and Corner Brook and Labrador. Its Archbishop is Martin William Currie.

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Overview

As of 2004, the archdiocese contains 40 parishes, 39 active diocesan priests, 33 religious priests, and 111,000 Catholics. It also has 220 Women Religious, and 42 Religious Brothers.

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of St. John's, Newfoundland, and their terms of service:

  • James Louis O'Donel (1796–1806)
  • Patrick Lambert (1807–1815)
  • Thomas Scallan (1815–1829)
  • Michael Anthony Fleming (1829–1850)
  • John Thomas Mullock (1850–1869)
  • Thomas Joseph Power (1870–1893)
  • Michael Francis Howley (1894–1914)
  • Edward Patrick Roche (1915–1950)
  • Archbishop Patrick Skinner (1951–1979)
  • Alphonsus Liguori Penney (1979–1991)
  • James Hector MacDonald (1991–2000)
  • Brendan Michael O'Brien (2000–2007)
  • Martin William Currie (2007–present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland Wikipedia