Roman Catholic Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville

The Diocese of Labrador City - Schefferville (Latin: Dioecesis Labradorpolitanus - Scheffervillensis ) was located in Canada Roman Catholic diocese based in Labrador City.

History

The Diocese of Labrador City - Schefferville was born on July 13, 1945 by Pope Pius XII. cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Baie d' Hudson and St. Lawrence Gulf and of the Diocese of Harbour Grace established as Apostolic Vicariate of Labrador. On 13 July 1967, the Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the bishopric and renamed diocese Labrador Schefferville. The Diocese of Labrador - Schefferville was renamed on 27 April 1987 in Diocese of Labrador City - Schefferville.

On 31 May 2007, the Diocese of Labrador City - Schefferville was by Pope Benedict XVI. dissolved and the territory was annexed to the dioceses of Amos, Baie -Comeau and Corner Brook and Labrador.

The Diocese of Labrador City - Schefferville was the Archdiocese of Keewatin -Le Pas is a suffragan.

The Diocese of Labrador City - Schefferville was 906.5 thousand km ². In 2004, 14,542 Catholics lived in the territory of the Diocese of Labrador City - Schefferville. The diocese was divided into 24 parishes and 14 priests had.

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Labrador

  • Lionel Scheffer OMI, 1946-1966

Bishops of Labrador - Schefferville

  • Henri Légaré, OMI, 1967-1972, then Archbishop of Grouard - McLennan
  • Peter Alfred Sutton, OMI, 1974-1986, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Keewatin -Le Pas

Bishop of Labrador City - Schefferville

  • Henri Goudreault OMI, 1987-1996, then Archbishop of Grouard - McLennan
  • David Douglas Crosby, OMI, 1997-2007, then Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador
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