Diocese of Charlottetown Dioecesis Carolinapolitana Diocèse de Charlottetown Sgìre-easbaig Bhaile Shearlot | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Territory | Prince Edward Island |
Ecclesiastical region | Atlantic |
Ecclesiastical province | Halifax–Yarmouth |
Headquarters | Catholic Centre #350 North River Rd., Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L9 |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,686 km2 (2,195 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021 [1]) 159,713 68,150 (42.7%) |
Parishes | 52 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 11, 1829 |
Cathedral | Cathedral–Basilica of Saint Dunstan |
Patron saint | Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Secular priests | 39 |
Language | English and French |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Joseph Andrzej Dabrowski, CSMA |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Brian Joseph Dunn |
Bishops emeritus |
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Website | |
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All current statistics are based from updated data taken by Catholic-Hierarchy.org. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown (Latin: Dioecesis Carolinapolitana) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. It is a suffragan diocese comprising the entire province of Prince Edward Island.
Originally carved from the Archdiocese of Quebec on August 11, 1829, it was then transferred to the Archdiocese of Halifax–Yarmouth on May 4, 1852. It is the second-oldest English-speaking diocese in Canada.[2]
Its seat is the Cathedral–Basilica of Saint Dunstan, located at Great George Street in downtown Charlottetown.