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Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth

Archidioecesis Halifaxiensis-Yarmuthensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Brian Joseph Dunn, Archbishop
  • Anthony Mancini, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • United: 22 October 2009
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: Nova Scotia
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 34,055 (13,153 Square Miles)
  • Description: Queens, Lunenburg, Halifax, Hants, Cumberland, and Colchester Counties plus Yarmouth, Shelburne, Digby, Annapolis, and Kings Counties.
  • Conference Region: Atlantic (Atlantique)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: Hal
  • Official Web Site: https://www.halifaxyarmouth.org/
  • Mailing Address: 1559 Brunswick St., Suite 101, Halifax, NS B2J 2G1, Canada; 65 Green Street, Yarmouth NS B5A 1Z6, Canada
  • Telephone: (902)429-9800; 742-7163
  • Fax: 423-5201; 425-0997

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia
4 July 1817ErectedDiocese of Québec Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia (erected)
4 September 1829Territory AddedArchdiocese of Québec (Cape Breton) Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia
Diocese of Halifax
15 February 1842ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia Diocese of Halifax (erected) (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)
22 September 1844Territory LostDiocese of Halifax (Counties of Cape Breton, Victoria, Inverness, and Richmond on Cape Breton Island, and the Counties of Guysborough, Antigonish, and Pictou on the mainland) Diocese of Arichat (erected)
Archdiocese of Halifax
4 May 1852ElevatedDiocese of Halifax Archdiocese of Halifax
19 February 1953Territory LostArchdiocese of Halifax (Bermuda Islands) Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (erected)
6 July 1953Territory LostArchdiocese of Halifax (Kings, Annapolis, Bigby, Yarmouth, and Shelburne) Diocese of Yarmouth (erected)
Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth
22 October 2009UnitedArchdiocese of Halifax
Diocese of Yarmouth
Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Halifax
195083,500462,00018.1%97521495602686562ap1951
196688,000375,00023.5%86401266984580049ap1967
1968120,000450,00026.7%90451358884758050ap1971
1976112,040414,66327.0%75251001,12032644047ap1977
1980107,800401,00026.9%73291021,05663244051ap1981
1990140,640496,80028.3%7226981,435232738253ap1991
1999155,000658,17023.6%6421851,823262230453ap2000
2000155,000634,10024.4%6420841,845262129253ap2001
2001155,000517,83329.9%6321841,845252328753ap2002
2002155,000517,83329.9%6922911,703252429054ap2003
2003155,000540,92228.7%5825831,867242720954ap2004
2004155,000540,82128.7%6023831,867242526452ap2005
2006161,125564,58328.5%6416802,014281724353ap2007
Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth
2010207,900733,30028.4%7619952,188342021471ap2011
2013197,200733,00026.9%7017872,266371717269ap2014
2016202,390757,22426.7%6215772,628431513566ap2017
2019209,900785,30026.7%6212742,83643129566ap2020
2021215,880807,60526.7%587653,3214178766ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 178

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