Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver

The Archdiocese of Vancouver (Latin: Archidioecesis Vancuveriensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Canada, based in Vancouver.

Location and data

It extends over an area of ​​around 120,000 km ² in southern and central part of British Columbia. In the Archdiocese of life 465 717 Catholics - that is 17.5 % of the total population who are looked after pastorally in 77 parishes (as of April 2011).

History

The Archdiocese was established as Apostolic Vicariate of British Columbia in 1863 and raised in 1890 to the diocese of New Westminster. In 1908 it received its current name to the rank of archbishopric.

Ordinaries

Vicar Apostolic of British Columbia

  • Louis -Joseph D' HERBOMEZ, OMI (December 22, 1863 to June 3, 1890, †)

Bishops of New Westminster

  • Pierre -Paul Durieu, OMI ( June 3, 1890 to June 1, 1899 †)
  • Augustin Dontenwill, OMI (June 1, 1899 to December 15, 1908, resignation )

Archbishops of Vancouver

  • Neil McNeil (January 19, 1910 to April 10, 1912, then Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario)
  • Timothy Casey (July 31, 1912 to October 5, 1931, †)
  • William Mark Duke (October 5, 1931 to March 11, 1964, retired)
  • Martin Michael Johnson (March 11, 1964 to January 8, 1969 Resignation )
  • James Francis Carney (January 8, 1969 to September 16, 1990, †)
  • Adam Joseph Exner, OMI (May 25, 1991 to January 10, 2004, retired)
  • Raymond Roussin, SM (January 10, 2004 to January 2, 2009 Resignation )
  • John Michael Miller, CSB ( since 2 January 2009)
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