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Diocese of Victoria

Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver



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Bishop(s)

  • Gary Michael Gordon, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 1 October 1908
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Vancouver
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: British Columbia
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 33,197 (12,822 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: West (Ouest)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: Vic
  • Official Web Site: http://www.rcdvictoria.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, 4044 Nelthorpe Street, Victoria, BC V8X 2A1, Canada
  • Telephone: (250)479-1331
  • Fax: 479-5423

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Vancouver Island
24 July 1846ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Oregon Territory Diocese of Vancouver Island (erected)
Diocese of Walla Walla (erected)
14 December 1863Territory LostDiocese of Vancouver Island (Mainland of British Columbia and the Yukon) Vicariate Apostolic of British Columbia (erected)
Archdiocese of Vancouver Island
19 June 1903ElevatedDiocese of Vancouver Island Archdiocese of Vancouver Island
Archdiocese of Victoria
27 July 1894Territory LostDiocese of New Westminster
Archdiocese of Victoria
Prefecture Apostolic of Alaska (erected)
6 September 1904ErectedArchdiocese of Vancouver Island Archdiocese of Victoria (erected)
Diocese of Victoria
1 October 1908ElevatedArchdiocese of Victoria Diocese of Victoria (Archdiocese lowered to a Diocese)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Victoria
195018,000150,98311.9%2718454002524036ap1951
196628,000290,8359.6%3124555094021045ap1967
197033,000333,9519.9%3123546113018453ap1971
197638,000381,79610.0%2223458443215351ap1977
198044,300447,0009.9%2324479423213658ap1981
199079,000493,00016.0%2518431,8372211758ap1991
199990,000655,24913.7%2817452,000219329ap2000
200090,000655,24913.7%2816442,045209029ap2001
200190,000655,24913.7%2718452,000229429ap2002
200290,000705,11312.8%2515402,250199430ap2003
200390,000705,11312.8%2019392,307239441ap2004
200494,465693,49613.6%2215372,5531199130ap2005
201095,920704,99313.6%3015452,131196830ap2011
201499,400737,00013.5%3214462,160185930ap2015
201798,295762,00012.9%3111422,3402165030ap2018
2020102,150791,90012.9%289372,7606124530ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Vancouver Island
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 581, and Page 582
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 175

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