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Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee, Canada
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Diocese of

Hearst–Moosonee

Canada Canada

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 1,108,830 km²

Population: 28,000 Catholics (43.1% of 65,000 total) (2018)

Statistics: 25 parishes, 9 missions, 21 priests (18 diocesan, 3 religious), 2 deacons, 6 lay religious (3 brothers, 3 sisters) (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ottawa–Cornwall

Neighbouring Dioceses: Thunder Bay (↙), Keewatin–Le Pas (←), Amos (→), Rouyn-Noranda (↘), Timmins (↘), Sault Sainte Marie (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Assumption of Mary (August 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 26 (1969)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

Address: Évêché, C.P. 1330, 76 7e Rue, Hearst, ON P0L 1N0, Canada

Phone: +1 (705) 362-4903

Website: Link

History

Special Churches

All Churches (34)

Thunder Bay (↙), Keewatin–Le Pas (←), Amos (→), Rouyn-Noranda (↘), Timmins (↘), Sault Sainte Marie (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2020.11.30 – ...):Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (77)Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hearst–Moosonee (Roman Rite)

Twitter FeedArchbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (77)Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (77)Permalink
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.11.30 – ...)

Bishop Robert Ovide Bourgon (65)Bishop Robert Ovide Bourgon (65)Permalink
(2018.12.03 – 2020.11.30)

Bishop emeritus of Hearst–Moosonee (Canada)

Justitia et misericordia

Born:1956.03.10 (Sudbury, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1981.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:2016.04.25

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (2016.02.02 – 2018.12.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Moosonee (Canada) (2016.02.02 – 2018.12.03)

Bishop of Hearst–Moosonee (Canada) (2018.12.03 – 2020.11.30)

Bishops of Hearst (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Ovide Bourgon (65)Bishop Robert Ovide Bourgon (65)Permalink
(2016.02.02 – 2018.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (81)Bishop Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (81)Permalink
(2007.07.25 – 2016.02.02)

Bishop emeritus of Hearst (Canada)
Bishop emeritus of Moosonee (Canada)

That they may know you

Born:1940.02.16 (Alfred, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1966.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1992.03.29

Bishop of Moosonee (Canada) (1991.11.26 – 2016.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Hearst (Canada) (2006.07.18 – 2007.07.25)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (2007.07.25 – 2016.02.02)

Bishop Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (81)Bishop Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (81)Permalink
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.07.18 – 2007.07.25)

Bishop André Vallée, P.M.E.Permalink
(1996.08.19 – 2005.11.03)

Gaudium et spes

Born:1930.07.31 (Sainte-Anne-de-Pérade, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1956.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1988.01.28
Died:2015.02.28 († 84)

Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions (1973.07.05 – 1979.06.05)

Titular Bishop of Sufasar (1987.10.28 – 1996.08.19)

Military Ordinary of Canada (Canada) (1987.10.28 – 1996.08.19)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1996.08.19 – 2005.11.03)

Bishop Pierre Fisette, P.M.E.Permalink
(1993.12.27 – 1995.12.21)

Born:1943.02.02 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:1994.03.18
Died:1995.12.21 († 52)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1993.12.27 – 1995.12.21)

Bishop Roger-Alfred DespatiePermalink
(1973.02.08 – 1993.04.13)

Vincere in bono malum

Born:1927.04.12 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1952.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:1968.06.28
Died:1993.05.14 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Usinaza (1968.05.20 – 1973.02.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada) (1968.05.20 – 1973.02.08)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1973.02.08 – 1993.04.13)

Bishop Jacques LandriaultPermalink
(Apostolic Administrator 1971.03.24 – 1973.02.08)

Bishop Jacques LandriaultPermalink
(1964.05.27 – 1971.03.24)

Voluntas tua

Born:1921.09.23 (Alfred, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1947.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:1962.07.25
Died:2017.11.06 († 96)

Titular Bishop of Cadi (1962.05.15 – 1964.05.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada) (1962.05.15 – 1964.05.27)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1964.05.27 – 1971.03.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Hearst (Canada) (1971.03.24 – 1973.02.08)

Bishop of Timmins (Canada) (1971.03.24 – 1990.12.13)

Bishop Louis Lévesque (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1952.06.09 – 1964.04.13)

In libro vitæ

Born:1908.05.27 (Amqui, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1932.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:1952.08.15
Died:1998.03.12 († 89)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1952.06.09 – 1964.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Egnatia (1964.04.13 – 1967.02.25)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada) (1964.04.13 – 1967.02.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada) (1967.02.25 – 1973.04.27)

Bishop Georges-Léon LandryPermalink
(1946.02.22 – 1952.01.14)

Crescamus in Christo per omnia

Born:1895.12.03 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1921.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1946.05.01
Died:1977.12.29 († 82)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1946.02.22 – 1952.01.14)

Titular Bishop of Cnossus (1952.01.14 – 1970.11.27)

Bishop Albini LeBlancPermalink
(1940.12.14 – 1945.12.22)

Ut fructum plus afferat

Born:1894.05.01 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1921.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:1941.02.11
Died:1957.05.17 († 63)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1940.12.14 – 1945.12.22)

Bishop of Gaspé (Canada) (1945.12.22 – 1957.05.17)

Bishop Joseph Charbonneau (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1939.06.22 – 1940.05.21)

Ad augusta per angusta

Born:1892.07.31 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1916.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1939.08.15
Died:1959.11.19 († 67)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1939.06.22 – 1940.05.21)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1940.05.21 – 1940.08.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1940.08.31 – 1950.02.09)

Titular Archbishop of Bosporus (1950.02.09 – 1959.11.19)

Bishop Joseph-Jean-Baptiste HalléPermalink
(1938.12.03 – 1939.10.07)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:1874.12.09 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1897.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1921.04.17
Died:1939.10.07 († 64)

Prefect Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Canada) (1918.04.18 – 1920.11.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Canada) (1920.11.17 – 1938.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Theveste (1920.12.16 – 1920.12.18)

Titular Bishop of Perrhe (1920.12.18 – 1938.12.03)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1938.12.03 – 1939.10.07)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Jean-Baptiste HalléPermalink
(1920.11.17 – 1938.12.03)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé (later Bishop)Permalink
(1918.04.18 – 1920.11.17)

(see above)

as of 2021.06.22

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