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Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls

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Population - Catholics
  
37,200 (20.2%)

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
30 Oct 1964

Province
  
Newfoundland and Labrador

Country
  
Canada

Parishes
  
30

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Bishop
  
Robert Anthony Daniels

Phone
  
+1 709-489-4019

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Address
  
8 Church Rd, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL A2A 1Z1, Canada

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland

Similar
  
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls (Latin: Dioecesis Grandfallensis/Grandicataractensis) (erected 29 February 1856, as the Diocese of Harbour Grace) is a Latin suffragan in the Atlantic Canadian ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland.

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The cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Grand Falls-Windsor, and it has a former Cathedral, also dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador.

History

  • Established on 1856.02.29 as Diocese of Harbour Grace / Portus Gratiæ (Latin) on territory split off from the Diocese of Newfoundland.
  • Lost territories repeatedly: on 1870.09.16 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Placentia and on 1945.07.13 to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Labrador.
  • It was renamed as the Diocese of Harbour Grace-Grand Falls on 22 February 1958 and again as the Diocese of Grand Falls on 30 October 1964.

    • Statistics

    As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,900 Catholics (20.7% of 197,400 total) on 42,368 km² in 30 parishes and 43 missions with 29 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon and 15 lay religious sisters.

    Ordinaries

    (all Roman Rite)

    Suffragan Bishops of Harbour Grace
  • John Dalton; Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1856.02.29 – death 1869.05.05)
  • Enrico Carfagnini, O.F.M. (1870.05.13 – 1880.02.27), next Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy) (1880.02.27 – retired 1898.03.24), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Cius (1898.03.24 – death 1904.02.12)
  • Ronald MacDonald (1881.05.24 – retired 1906.09.03), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Gortyna (1906.09.03 – death 1912.09.17)
  • John March (1906.09.04 – death 1940.01.12)
  • John Michael O'Neill (1940.01.12 – 1958.02.22 see below)
    • Suffragan Bishops of Harbour Grace–Grand Falls
  • John Michael O'Neill (see above 1958.02.22 – 1964.10.30 see below), died 1974
    • Suffragan Bishops of Grand Falls
  • John Michael O'Neill (see above 1964.10.30 – 1972.11.23), died 1974
  • Alphonsus Liguori Penney (1972.11.23 – 1979.04.05), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (1979.04.05 – retired 1991.02.02)
  • Joseph Faber MacDonald (1980.01.11 – 1998.10.23), next Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1998.10.23 – 2006.09.09); died 2012
  • Martin William Currie (2000.12.12 – 1 March 2011), also Apostolic Administrator of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (2006.09.09 – 2007.05.08), Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (2007.10.18 – ...)
  • Robert Anthony Daniels (1 March 2011 - ...), previously Titular Bishop of Scebatiana (2004.09.21 – 2011.03.01) as Auxiliary Bishop of London (Ontario, Canada) (2004.09.21 – 2011.03.01).

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls Wikipedia
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