Diocese of Timmins Dioecesis Timminsensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Ottawa–Cornwall |
Population - Catholics | 48,600 (55.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 10 December 1938 |
Cathedral | St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Serge Poitras |
Website | |
dioctims.ca |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Timmins (Latin: Dioecesis Timminsensis) (erected 21 September 1908, as the Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. It was elevated as the Diocese of Haileybury on 31 December 1915 and renamed as the Diocese of Timmins on 10 December 1938.