Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary

Diocese of Calgary
St Mary's Cathedral
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Alberta
Population - Catholics	427,000 (40.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	St. Mary's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Frederick Henry
Website
calgarydiocese.ca

The Diocese of Calgary (Latin: Dioecesis Calgariensis) is a diocese that includes the Calgary Region, all of southern Alberta and the extreme lower half of the Alberta's Rockies region. It is currently led by Bishop Frederick Henry. It is a suffragan diocese for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton.

The diocese contains 82+ parishes and missions specifically: 37 parishes in Calgary alone; of which, 10 are ethnic parishes, an additional university parish to serve the University of Calgary and 45+ parishes and missions designated for southern Alberta and the Rockies lower region.

In 2006: 87 Diocesan priests, 38 Religious priests 427,200 Catholics. 110 Women Religious, 48 Religious Brothers and 30 permanent deacons make up the spiritual work force in Calgary not including the other regions.

Calgary Parishes

Downtown: St. Mary's Cathedral Sacred Heart St. Francis of Assisi North West: Ascension Canadian Martyrs Corpus Christi Our Lady Queen of Peace (Polish) Our Lady of the Assumption St. Bernard St. Boniface (German) St. John the Evangelist St. Joseph St. Luke St. Peter's St. Pius X University of Calgary Catholic Community

North East Our Lady of Grace (Italian & English) Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish & English) Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Chinese & English) St. Mark St. Thomas More South West Holy Name Holy Spirit St. Anthony St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Magyar-Hungarian) Ste. Famille (French) St. Gerard St. James St. Michael the Archangel

South East Holy Trinity Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese & English) Our Lady of Mt. Bistrica (Croatian & English) St. Albert the Great St. Anne (Korean) St. Bernadette St. Bonaventure St. Cecilia's St. Patrick's St. Vincent Liem (Vietnamese)

Rural Parishes and Missions

Airdrie St. Paul Mission: St. Agnes, Carstairs Banff St. Mary's Beiseker St. Mary's Blairmore (Crowsnest Pass) Holy Trinity Bow Island St. Michael's Mission: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Foremost Brocket St. Paul's Brooks St. Mary's Canmore Sacred Heart Chestermere St. Gabriel the Archangel Claresholm Christ the King Mission: St. Cecilia, Nanton Mission: St. Mary's, Champion

Cluny St. Mary's Coaldale St. Ambrose Cochrane St. Mary's Drumheller St. Anthony Fort Macleod Holy Cross Mission: St. Theresa, Cardston Hanna St. George's High River St. Francis de Sales Mission: St. Andrew's, Vulcan Lethbridge Our Lady of the Assumption St. Basil's St. Patrick's St. Martha Medicine Hat Holy Family St. Patrick

Milk River St. Peter Mission: St. Isidore's, Allerston Okotoks St. James Mission: St. Michael's, Black Diamond Oyen Sacred Heart Picture Butte St. Catherine's Pincher Creek St. Michael Mission: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Waterton Rockyford St. Rita Siksika Nation Holy Trinity Standoff Immaculate Conception Mission: four churches on the Blood Reserve Strathmore Sacred Heart Taber St. Augustine Vauxhall St. Joseph

Diocesan bishops

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

• John Thomas McNally (1913-1924)
• John Thomas Kidd (1925-1931)
• Peter Joseph Monahan (1932-1935)
• Francis Patrick Carroll (1935-1966)
• Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (auxiliary bishop) (1963-1966)
• Francis Joseph Klein (1967-1968)
• Paul John O'Byrne (1968-1998)
• Frederick Henry (1998–present)

References

• Diocese of Calgary page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton

Coordinates: 51°03′00″N 114°04′01″W / 51.0500°N 114.0670°W