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Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick

Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Canadensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Christian Heribert Riesbeck, C.C., Bishop
  • Robert Harris, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 15 November 1924
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Moncton
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: New Brunswick
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 60,000 (23,175 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Atlantic (Atlantique)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SJNB
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseofsaintjohn.org/
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 1 Bayard Dr., Saint John, NB E2L 3L5, Canada
  • Telephone: (506)653-6800
  • Fax: 653-6812

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of New Brunswick
30 September 1842ErectedDiocese of Charlottetown Diocese of New Brunswick (erected)
Diocese of Fredericton
1843Name ChangedDiocese of New Brunswick Diocese of Fredericton
4 May 1852Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Fredericton (from Québec to Halifax)
Diocese of Saint John in New Brunswick
1853Name ChangedDiocese of Fredericton ((between 15 Aug 1852 and Advent 1854)) Diocese of Saint John in New Brunswick
8 May 1860Territory LostDiocese of Saint John in New Brunswick Diocese of Chatham (erected)
Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
15 November 1924Name ChangedDiocese of Saint John in New Brunswick Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
22 February 1936Territory LostDiocese of Chatham (County of Kent)
Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick (Counties of Westmorland, Albert, Kent, and some French parishes in the County of Northumberland)
Archdiocese of Moncton (erected)
22 February 1936Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Saint John, New Brunswick (from Halifax to Moncton)
9 February 1959Territory AddedDiocese of Bathurst in Canada (Miramichi (Indian Mission of Burnt Church)) Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
24 January 1962Territory LostDiocese of Saint John, New Brunswick (Parish of Beaver Brook) Diocese of Bathurst in Canada
11 November 2008Territory AddedDiocese of Bathurst in Canada (Ascension (in Beaverbrook)) Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
195041,000198,50020.7%5716735611927730ap1951
196666,000275,00024.0%97131106001732151ap1967
196866,000275,00024.0%92181106002429049ap1971
197675,000275,00027.3%84231077002925050ap1977
198092,600283,00032.7%80179795411923554ap1981
199098,000280,00035.0%8014941,04221520559ap1991
1999112,710280,00040.3%679761,48321117058ap2000
2000112,710280,00040.3%659741,52321016558ap2001
2001112,710280,00040.3%6513781,44521417058ap2002
2002112,710280,00040.3%7014841,34121516758ap2003
2003112,710280,00040.3%6814821,37421516458ap2004
2004112,710280,00040.3%6313761,48321413958ap2005
2010118,000395,00029.9%614651,8153411059ap2011
2014123,400308,60040.0%556612,022368259ap2015
2017127,605319,27040.0%528602,126286759ap2018
2020132,600331,80040.0%5110612,1733105558ap2021
2022135,804339,80940.0%4211532,5621114028ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of New Brunswick
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 178
  • Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 28, Page 288, and Page 289
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 383, and Page 384
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 185, and Page 186
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 100, Page 889, and Page 890
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