Archdiocese of Winnipeg
Archdiocese of Winnipeg Archidioecesis Vinnipegensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See[1] |
| Deaneries |
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| Headquarters | 1495 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Statistics | |
| Population |
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| Parishes | 88 |
| Schools | 16 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1915 |
| Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral in Winnipeg |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph |
| Secular priests |
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| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Murray Chatlain |
| Bishops emeritus | |
| Website | |
| archwinnipeg.ca | |
The Archdiocese of Winnipeg (Latin: Archidioecesis Vinnipegensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that includes part of the province of Manitoba, Canada. The archdiocese is the only diocese of the Latin Church in Canada that is immediately exempt to the Holy See, as it is not part of an ecclesiastical province.[1] Located on the west side of the Red River, the Archdiocese of Winnipeg was created from the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface.
As of 2025, the archdiocese contains 88 parishes and missions, 58 active diocesan priests, 13 religious priests, and 162,276 Catholics. It also has 19 religious brothers and sisters, and 20 permanent deacons.[2] The cathedral of the archdiocese is St. Mary's Cathedral in Winnipeg. The archbishop of Winnipeg is Murray Chatlain. He was installed on April 4, 2025.
History
[edit | edit source]The Archdiocese was created in 1915 by Pope Benedict XV in his bull Inter praecipuas. Unusually, this bull made the archdiocese exempt and subject immediately to the Holy See. Historian John M. Reid Jr. suggests that this decision was made due to ethnic conflicts in Winnipeg between Irish and French Catholics. The existing Archdiocese of St. Boniface was traditionally Francophone.[3]: 90–91
Bishops
[edit | edit source]The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Winnipeg and their terms of service:
Archbishops
[edit | edit source]- Arthur Alfred Sinnott (1915–1952)
- Philip Francis Pocock (1952–1961), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
- George Flahiff (1960–1982)
- Adam Exner (1982–1991), appointed Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia
- Leonard James Wall (1992–2000)
- James Weisgerber (2000–2013)
- Richard Gagnon (2014–2024)[4]
- Murray Chatlain (2024–present)
Coadjutor bishops
[edit | edit source]- Gerald C. Murray (1944–1951), did not succeed to the see
- Philip Francis Pocock (1951–1952)
Auxiliary bishops
[edit | edit source]- Francis Ryder Wood (1940-1943?), did not take effect
Priests of this diocese who became bishops
[edit | edit source]- Charles Aimé Halpin, appointed Archbishop of Regina in 1973
See also
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References
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Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Archdiocese of Winnipeg page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006
Further reading
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External links
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