Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria

The Diocese of Victoria (Latin: Insula Dioecesis victoriensis in Vancouver ) is a location in Canada Roman Catholic diocese based in Victoria.

History

The Diocese of Victoria was born on July 24, 1846 by Pope Pius IX. cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Oregon Territory erected as Diocese of Vancouver Iceland. On December 14, 1863, the diocese was part of its territory from establishing the Apostolic Vicariate of British Columbia. A further transfer of territory took place on July 27, 1894 establishing the Apostolic Prefecture Alaska.

The Diocese of Vancouver Iceland was on June 19, 1903 by Pope Leo XIII. raised to an archbishopric. This Archbishopric was renamed on September 6, 1904 in Archdiocese of Victoria and was downgraded by Pope Pius X on October 1, 1908 to the diocese.

The Diocese of Victoria is the Archdiocese of Vancouver is a suffragan.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Vancouver Iceland

  • Modeste Demers, 1846-1871
  • Charles -Jean Seghers, 1873-1878, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Oregon City
  • Jean -Baptiste Brondel, 1879-1883
  • Charles -Jean Seghers, 1884-1886
  • Jean -Nicolas Lemmens, 1888-1897
  • Alexander Christie, 1898-1899, then Archbishop of Oregon City
  • Bertram Orth, 1900-1903

Archbishop of Vancouver Iceland

  • Bertram Orth, 1903-1904

Archbishop of Victoria

  • Bertram Orth, 1904-1908

Bishops of Victoria

  • Alexander MacDonald, 1908-1923
  • Thomas O'Donnell, 1923-1929, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Halifax
  • Gerald Murray, C.Ss.R., 1930-1934, then Bishop of Saskatoon
  • John Hugh MacDonald, 1934-1936, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Edmonton
  • John Christopher Cody, 1936-1946, then Coadjutor Bishop of London
  • James Michael Hill, 1946-1962
  • Remi Joseph De Roo, 1962-1999
  • Raymond Roussin SM, 1999-2004, then Archbishop of Vancouver
  • Richard Joseph Gagnon, 2004-2013, then Archbishop of Winnipeg
  • Vacant See, Since 2013
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