The Roman Catholic Diocese of Moosonee (Latin: Dioecesis Musonitana) was a Roman Catholic diocese that included part of the Province of Ontario.
Diocese of Moosonee | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Keewatin–Le Pas |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 34,900 7,450 (21.3%) |
| Parishes | 12 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3 December 1938 |
| Dissolved | 3 December 2018 |
| Cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
As of 2016, the diocese contained 12 parishes with no active diocesan priests, 3 religious priests, and 7,450 Catholics. It also had 3 religious brothers.
On 3 December 2018, this Diocese merged with the Diocese of Hearst, to create the new Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee.[1]
History
- 3 December 1938: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Baie de James from the Diocese of Haileybury and Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Ontario.
- 13 July 1967: Elevated as the Diocese of Moosonee.
- 31 May 2007: Lost territory to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos.
- 3 December 2018: Officially suppressed and its territory united into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst to create the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee.
Diocesan bishops
The following is a list of the Vicars apostolic and bishops of Moosonee and their terms of service:
- Henri Belleau, OMI (1939–1964)
- Jules Leguerrier, OMI (1964–1992)
- Vincent Cadieux, OMI (1991–2016)
- From 2007 to 2016, he served as Bishop of Hearst as well, an appointment that joined the two dioceses only through him, in persona episcopi, but did not create a single diocesan administration.[2][3]
- Robert Bourgon (Apostolic Administrator 2016–2018)
References
External links
- Diocese of Moosonee page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved 3 December 2018