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Roman Catholicism in Canada

Roman Catholicism in Canada

The Catholic Church in Canada is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome.

The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. It is also the largest religion in Canada with 46% of Canadians being Catholics. Catholic church has members of 13,070,000. There are 72 dioceses and about 8,000 priests in Canada.

Within Canada the hierarchy consists of:


*Archbishopric
**Bishopric
*Edmonton
**Calgary
**Saint Paul, Alberta
*Gatineau
**Amos
**Mont-Laurier
**Rouyn-Noranda
*Grouard-McLennan
**Mackenzie-Fort Smith
**Whitehorse
*Halifax
**Antigonish
**Charlottetown
**Yarmouth
*Keewatin-Le-Pas
**Churchill-Baie d'Hudson
**Moosonee
*Kingston
**Alexandria-Cornwall
**Peterborough
**Sault Sainte Marie
*Moncton
**Bathurst (formerly Diocese of Chatham)
**Edmundston
**Saint John
*Montréal
**Joliette
**Saint-Jean-Longueuil
**Saint-Jérôme
**Valleyfield
*Ottawa
**Hearst
**Pembroke
**Timmins
*Québec
**Chicoutimi
**Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
**Trois Rivières
*Regina
**Prince-Albert
**Saskatoon
*Rimouski
**Baie-Comeau
**Gaspé
*Saint-Boniface
*St. John's
**Grand Falls
**Corner Brook and Labrador
*Sherbrooke
**Nicolet
**Saint-Hyacinthe
*Toronto
**Hamilton
**London
**Saint Catharines
**Thunder Bay
*Vancouver
**Kamloops
**Nelson
**Prince George
**Victoria
*Winnipeg

There is also a Ukrainianan Rite Archeparchy of Winnipeg, which has suffragan dioceses in Edmonton, New Westminster, Saskatoon, and Toronto.

There are also three other eparchys in Canada:

*The Eparchy of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite)
*The Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite)and
*The Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian)

There is also a Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Canada for Canadian military personnel.

External links

* [http://www.cccb.ca/ Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops]


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