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Diocese of

Antigonish

Canada Canada

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Antigonish / Antigonicen(sis) (Latin) / Arichaten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Halifax–Yarmouth

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (124)

Halifax–Yarmouth (↙), Gaspé (↑), Corner Brook and Labrador (↗), Saint John’s, Newfoundland (↗)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.12.19 – ...):Bishop Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick (65)Bishop Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Antigonish (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick (65)Bishop Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick (65)
(2019.12.19 – ...)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada)

Abide in me

Born:1957.06.05 (St. Catharines, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1984.09.01
Consecrated Bishop:2012.07.25

Titular Bishop of Aradi (2012.05.18 – 2019.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (2012.05.18 – 2019.12.19)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (2019.12.19 – ...)

Archbishop Brian Joseph Dunn (68)Archbishop Brian Joseph Dunn (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.04.13 – 2019.12.19)

Archbishop Brian Joseph Dunn (68)Bishop Brian Joseph Dunn (68) (later Archbishop)
(2009.11.21 – 2019.04.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax–Yarmouth (Canada)

Nihil nos separabit a caritate Dei

Born:1955.01.08 (St. John’s, NL, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1980.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:2008.10.09

Titular Bishop of Munatiana (2008.07.16 – 2009.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada) (2008.07.16 – 2009.11.21)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (2009.11.21 – 2019.04.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Antigonish (Canada) (2019.04.13 – 2019.12.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Halifax–Yarmouth (Canada) (2019.04.13 – 2020.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax–Yarmouth (Canada) (2020.11.27 – ...)

Archbishop Anthony Mancini (77)Archbishop Anthony Mancini (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.09.26 – 2009.11.21)

Bishop Raymond John Lahey (later Mr.)
(2003.04.05 – 2009.09.26)

In cruce salus

Born:1940.05.29 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1963.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:1986.08.03

Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada) (1986.07.05 – 2003.04.05)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (2003.04.05 – 2009.09.26)

Lay state (2012.05)

Bishop Colin Campbell
(1986.12.12 – 2002.10.26)

Tutore te Christe

Born:1931.07.12 (Antigonish, NS, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1956.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:1987.03.19
Died:2012.01.17 (Halifax, NS, Canada † 80)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (1986.12.12 – 2002.10.26)

Bishop William Edward Power
(1960.05.12 – 1986.12.12)

Born:1915.09.27 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1941.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:1960.07.20
Died:2003.11.29 (Bethany, NS, Canada † 88)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (1960.05.12 – 1986.12.12)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1971 – 1973)

Bishop John Roderick MacDonald
(1950.04.13 – 1959.12.18)

In fraternitatis amore

Born:1891.07.09 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1916.01.23
Consecrated Bishop:1943.08.24
Died:1959.12.18 († 68)

Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) (1943.06.05 – 1945.04.14)

Titular Bishop of Ancusa (1945.04.14 – 1950.04.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (1945.04.14 – 1950.04.13)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (1950.04.13 – 1959.12.18)

Archbishop James Morrison
(1912.05.25 – 1950.04.13)

Soli Deo

Born:1861.07.09 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1889.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1912.09.04
Died:1950.04.13 († 88)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (1912.05.25 – 1950.04.13)

Archbishop ad personam (1944.02.26 – 1950.04.13)

Bishop John Cameron
(1886.08.23 – 1910.04.06)

Born:1826.02.16 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1853.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:1870.05.22
Died:1910.04.06 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Titopolis (1870.03.11 – 1877.07.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Arichat (Canada) (1870.03.11 – 1877.07.17)

Bishop of Arichat (Canada) (1877.07.17 – 1886.08.23)

Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (1886.08.23 – 1910.04.06)

Bishops of Arichat (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Cameron
(1877.07.17 – 1886.08.23)

(see above)

Bishop Colin Francis McKinnon (later Archbishop)
(1851.09.21 – 1877.08.30)

Sub cruce salus

Born:1811.07.29 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1837.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:1852.02.27
Died:1879.09.26 († 68)

Bishop of Arichat (Canada) (1851.09.21 – 1877.08.30)

Titular Archbishop of Amida (1877.08.30 – 1879.09.26)

Bishop William Fraser
(1844.09.27 – 1851.10.04)

Je suis pret

Born:1779 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:1804.01.08
Consecrated Bishop:1827.06.24
Died:1851.10.04 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Tanis (1825.06.03 – 1842.02.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia (Canada) (1825.06.03 – 1842.02.15)

Bishop of Halifax (Canada) (1842.02.15 – 1844.09.27)

Bishop of Arichat (Canada) (1844.09.27 – 1851.10.04)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 1330, 168 Hawthorne St., Antigonish, NS B2G 2L7, Canada

Phone: +1 (902) 863-3335

Website:

Statistics

Area: 18,800 km²

Population: 117,860 Catholics (52.8% of 223,385 total) (2020)

Statistics: 73 parishes, 30 missions, 82 priests (74 diocesan, 8 religious), 18 deacons, 155 lay religious (8 brothers, 147 sisters), 2 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Ninian of Whithorn (September 16), Saint Anne (July 26)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 13 (1874)

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History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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