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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver (Latin: Archidioecesis Vancouveriensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin archdiocese that includes part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

Archdiocese of Vancouver

Archidioecesis Vancouveriensis[1]

 Canada

South West British Columbia

Vancouver

119,439 km2 (46,116 sq mi)


477,792[2] (17.8%)

Catholic

Latin Church

Roman Rite

14 December 1863 (1863-12-14)

Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver)

Francis

J. Michael Miller, CSB

Joseph Phuong Nguyen
Bishop of Kamloops
Gregory Bittman
Bishop of Nelson
Stephen Jensen
Bishop of Prince George
Gary Gordon
Bishop of Victoria

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Holy Rosary Cathedral, dedicated to the diocesan patron saint Our Lady of the Rosary, in Vancouver, B.C.


The incumbent ordinary of the archdiocese is Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB.

(daughter created in 1945)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops

(daughter created in 1936)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson

(elevated to diocese 1967)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince George

(former archdiocese, demoted to diocese in 1908).

Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Canada

The Archbishop of Vancouver is the Metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Vancouver, which also includes as suffragan dioceses :

Archdiocesan statistics[edit]

As per 2022 archdiocesan Annual Report, it pastorally serves 446,670 Catholics on approximately 120,000 km2. The archdiocese contains 77 parishes, 204 priests, 91 religious sisters, 34 permanent deacons and 446,670 baptized Catholics. There are 52 Catholic schools and 4 higher education institutions.[3]

October 3 – Anniversary of the Dedication of (1953)[4][5]

Holy Rosary Cathedral

October 7 – Solemnity of the , patronal feast of both the archdiocese and the cathedral[6][7]

Holy Rosary

December 14 – Anniversary of the establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic of British Columbia (1863)[9]

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History[edit]

Precursor[edit]

On 24 July 1846, the Diocese of Vancouver Island was erected on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Oregon (based in the US Oregon Territory; now Diocese of Victoria).

(1863–1890)

Louis-Joseph d'Herbomez

(1890)

Pierre-Paul Durieu

The , Mission, BC, is 1 of 2 Canadian high school seminaries. The other is located in Cornwall, Ontario.

Seminary of Christ the King

The was an all-girls school, in Vancouver, opened in 1911.[42] The school was closed down in 1979[42] and sold to become St. George's School (Vancouver) junior school.

Convent of Sacred Heart High School

Marian High School was an all girls school run by the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis. It was located in Burnaby BC, adjacent to St. Michael's Parish. It opened in 1965 and was closed by the archdiocese in 1988.

Cemeteries[edit]

The Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery & Mausoleum (Est. 1965), 15800 - 32nd Avenue, Surrey, B.C.

Health care


On March 31, 2000, St. Paul's Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, & CHARA Health Care Society were consolidated into one legal entity and formed Providence Health Care, with eight sites in the city of Vancouver.


Although the archdiocese is responsible for the creation of the hospitals and care facilities. It no long has direct control of these facilities as they are governed by a board of directors, the Congregation of Sisters & Providence Senior Leadership Team. Providence Health Care continues to provide Catholic health care.


Providence Health Care is presently developing the Legacy Project, which is to renew St. Paul's Hospital into a state-of-the-art research and teaching facility.


Shelters


Social support

List of Catholic dioceses in Canada

Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB

The B.C. Catholic

Holy Rosary Cathedral

The Archdiocese publishes a weekly newspaper called (founded in 1931).

The B.C. Catholic

Publications

Archdiocese of Vancouver

GCatholic - data for most sections

June 1, 2007, news release, Archdiocese of Vancouver

Pope Names Coadjutor Bishop for Vancouver

retrieved July 14, 2006

Archdiocese of Vancouver page at catholichierarchy.org

The B.C. Catholic, June 11, 2007

"Archbishops Roussin, Miller like an ‘episcopal dream team’"

Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese

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