Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls (Latin: Dioecesis Grandfallensis) (erected 29 February 1856, as the Diocese of Harbour Grace) is a Latin suffragan in the Atlantic Canadian ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland.

Diocese of Grand Falls

Dioecesis Grandfallensis
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceSt. John's
Statistics
Population
- Catholics (including non-members)
37,200 (20.2%)
Parishes30
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 Oct 1964
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRobert Anthony Daniels
Website
rcdiocesegrandfalls.ca

The cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Grand Falls-Windsor, and it has a former Cathedral, also dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador.

History
  • Established on 1856.02.29 as Diocese of Harbour Grace / Portus Gratiæ (Latin) on territory split off from the Archdiocese of St. John's.
  • Lost territories repeatedly: on 1870.09.16 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Placentia and on 1945.07.13 to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Labrador.
  • It was renamed as the Diocese of Harbour Grace-Grand Falls on 22 February 1958 and again as the Diocese of Grand Falls on 30 October 1964.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,900 Catholics (20.7% of 197,400 total) on 42,368 km2 in 30 parishes and 43 missions with 29 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon and 15 lay religious sisters.

Bishops

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Harbour Grace
  • John Dalton; Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1856.02.29 – death 1869.05.05)
  • Enrico Carfagnini, O.F.M. (1870.05.13 – 1880.02.27), next Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy) (1880.02.27 – retired 1898.03.24), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Cius (1898.03.24 – death 1904.02.12)
  • Ronald MacDonald (1881.05.24 – retired 1906.09.03), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Gortyna (1906.09.03 – death 1912.09.17)
  • John March (1906.09.04 – death 1940.01.12)
  • John Michael O'Neill (1940.01.12 – 1958.02.22 see below)
Suffragan Bishops of Harbour Grace–Grand Falls
  • John Michael O'Neill (see above 1958.02.22 – 1964.10.30 see below), died 1974
Suffragan Bishops of Grand Falls

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Bibliography
  • "Diocese of Grand Falls". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 13 March 2007.


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