 Catholic Church in Canada | |
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| English: Catholic Church in Canada French: Église catholique au Canada | |
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| Type | National polity |
| Classification | Catholic |
| Orientation | Latin |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Theology | Catholic theology |
| Governance | CCCB |
| Pope | Francis |
| President | William McGrattan[1] |
| Primate | Gérald Lacroix |
| Apostolic Nuncio | Ivan Jurkovič[2] |
| Associations | Canadian Council of Churches |
| Region | Canada |
| Language | English, French, Latin |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Canada |
| Origin | 16th century New France, French North America |
| Members | 29.9% of Canadians (10,880,360 as of 2021) |
| Official website | www |
The Catholic Church in Canada, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, and has a decentralised structure, meaning each diocesan bishop is autonomous but under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. As of 2021, it has the largest number of adherents to a Christian denomination and a religion in Canada, with 29.4% of Canadians (10.8 million) being adherents according to the census in 2021.[3] There are 73 dioceses and about 7,000 priests in Canada.[4] On a normal Sunday, between 15 and 25 percent of Canada's Catholics attend Mass (15 per cent weekly attenders and another nine per cent monthly).[5]
- ^ "President's Biography - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops".
- ^ "Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic Appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada".
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Current Dioceses in Canada including statistical information on priests 2010–2016". Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Swan, Michael (20 December 2016). "Mass attendance in Canada more than doubles on Christmas Day, survey finds". The Catholic Register. Retrieved 6 November 2022.