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Archdiocese of Edmonton

Archidioecesis Edmontonensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Richard William Smith, Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Name Changed: 30 November 1912
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: Alberta
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 81,151 (31,344 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: West (Ouest)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: Edm
  • Official Web Site: http://www.caedm.ca/
  • Mailing Address: Catholic Pastoral Centre, 8421-101st. Ave., Edmonton, AB T6A 0L1, Canada
  • Telephone: (780)469-1010
  • Fax: 465-3003

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Saint-Albert
22 September 1871ErectedDiocese of Saint-Boniface Diocese of Saint-Albert (erected)
30 November 1912Territory LostDiocese of Saint-Albert Diocese of Calgary (erected)
Archdiocese of Edmonton
30 November 1912Name ChangedDiocese of Saint-Albert Archdiocese of Edmonton (Name Changed and Diocese raised to an Archdiocese)
17 July 1948Territory LostArchdiocese of Edmonton Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta (erected)
18 November 1955Territory LostArchdiocese of Edmonton (Légal and Morinville) Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta
7 June 1965Territory LostArchdiocese of Edmonton (Hanna Parish and Delia Mission) Diocese of Calgary

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Edmonton
195062,150310,00020.0%1126017236166440172ap1951
1966132,845825,29116.1%1361082445449563290ap1967
1970136,000776,04517.5%11610622261214573888ap1971
1976152,000847,00017.9%112107219694167643183ap1977
1980161,000900,00017.9%105115220731168616176ap1981
1990255,0001,053,00024.2%931182111,208166545175ap1991
1999294,9351,204,61924.5%841151991,482162439159ap2000
2000294,9351,204,61924.5%821192011,467167425156ap2001
2001294,9351,204,61924.5%781161941,5201159415152ap2002
2002294,9351,204,61924.5%791101891,5601143404144ap2003
2003294,9351,204,61924.5%841011851,594131394141ap2004
2004341,5451,365,42825.0%79901692,0201111376140ap2005
2006353,5451,439,57224.6%91841752,0201105344135ap2007
2013388,5451,653,27923.5%82921742,23324114222125ap2014
2016660,1701,754,47337.6%76801564,2312894192124ap2017
2019428,2281,861,86023.0%70711413,0373680176123ap2020
2021477,1481,908,59225.0%77671443,3134074147125ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Saint-Albert
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 177

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