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Construction of Saint-Boniface Cathedral commenced in 1832 and was completed in 1839. In 1844, Bishop Provencher persuaded four sisters of the [[Grey Nuns|Grey Nuns of Montreal]] to come to St. Boniface.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/grey-nuns Pedersen, Anne-marie et al., "Grey Nuns", ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', July 25, 2019]</ref> In 1845, the Vicariate Apostolic of the North West was formed with Provencher as ordinary.<ref>[https://www.archsaintboniface.ca/main.php?p=102 "History", Archdiocese of Saint Boniface, Manitoba]</ref> The area separated from [[Archdiocese of Québec]] comprised the entire territory west of the Great Lakes and as far north as the Pole.<ref>Morice, Adrian Gabriel. "Saint Boniface". The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1913.{{PD-notice}}</ref> In 1847, the North West Vicariate was raised to the status of diocese, suffragan to Québec. In June 1850, [[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate|Oblate]] missioner [[Alexandre-Antonin Taché]] was named coadjutor bishop to Provencher, whom he succeeded upon Provencher's death in July 1853. The following year, the name of the diocese was changed from that of the Diocese of the North West to the Diocese of Saint-Boniface.<ref>[https://www.archwinnipeg.ca/main.php?p=21 "The Catholic Church in Manitoba to 1916", Archdiocese of Winnipeg]</ref>
Construction of Saint-Boniface Cathedral commenced in 1832 and was completed in 1839. In 1844, Bishop Provencher persuaded four sisters of the [[Grey Nuns|Grey Nuns of Montreal]] to come to St. Boniface.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/grey-nuns Pedersen, Anne-marie et al., "Grey Nuns", ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', July 25, 2019]</ref> In 1845, the Vicariate Apostolic of the North West was formed with Provencher as ordinary.<ref>[https://www.archsaintboniface.ca/main.php?p=102 "History", Archdiocese of Saint Boniface, Manitoba]</ref> The area separated from [[Archdiocese of Québec]] comprised the entire territory west of the Great Lakes and as far north as the Pole.<ref>Morice, Adrian Gabriel. "Saint Boniface". The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1913.{{PD-notice}}</ref> In 1847, the North West Vicariate was raised to the status of diocese, suffragan to Québec. In June 1850, [[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate|Oblate]] missioner [[Alexandre-Antonin Taché]] was named coadjutor bishop to Provencher, whom he succeeded upon Provencher's death in July 1853. The following year, the name of the diocese was changed from that of the Diocese of the North West to the Diocese of Saint-Boniface.<ref>[https://www.archwinnipeg.ca/main.php?p=21 "The Catholic Church in Manitoba to 1916", Archdiocese of Winnipeg]</ref>


On April 8, 1862 the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan|Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie]] was erected from territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Boniface.
On April 8, 1862 the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan|Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie]] was erected from territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Boniface. On September 22, 1871 Saint-Boniface was raised to a
metropolitan archdiocese, while at the same time, it lost territory with the establishment of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton|Diocese of Saint Albert]]. The area of the Archdiocese was again reduced on July 11, 1882 as part of its contribution to the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac]], but was increased gained in 1889 with the reassignment of some land from the Diocese of Saint Albert.


Established On 4 June 1891 the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert|Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan]] was established from territory drawn slit from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface. The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina|Diocese of Regina]] was erected on March 4, 1910 from Saint-Boniface.


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on 1915.12.04 to establish [[Archdiocese of Winnipeg]] and on 1952.04.29 to establish [[Diocese of Fort William]].

* Promoted on 1871.09.22 as '''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface''' / Sancti Bonifacii (Latin), having lost territory to establish the then [[Diocese of Saint Albert]] (now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton).
* Lost territory on 1882.07.11 to establish the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac]], gained territory in 1889 from above Diocese of Saint Albert.
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* Lost territories repeatedly : on 1891.06.04 to establish [[Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan]], on 1910.03.04 to establish [[Diocese of Regina]], on 1915.12.04 to establish [[Archdiocese of Winnipeg]] and on 1952.04.29 to establish [[Diocese of Fort William]].


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== Sources and external links==
== Sources and external links==
* [http://www.archsaintboniface.ca/ Archdiocese of St. Boniface site]
* [http://www.archsaintboniface.ca/ Archdiocese of St. Boniface site]
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zbon0.htm GCatholic with Google map and - satellite photo - data for all sections]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100115233537/http://www.archsaintboniface.ca/english/catholic_schools/schools.html Catholic Schools Commission]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100115233537/http://www.archsaintboniface.ca/english/catholic_schools/schools.html Catholic Schools Commission]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstbo.html Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface page at catholichierarchy.org] retrieved July 14, 2006
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstbo.html Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface page at catholichierarchy.org] retrieved July 14, 2006
* [https://saltandlighttv.org/catholica200/ "And the Desert Shall Bloom" -200th Anniversary of the Catholic Church in Western Canada]


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Archdiocese of Saint Boniface

Archidioecesis Sancti Bonifacii
Location
CountryCanada
Ecclesiastical provinceSaint Boniface
Population
- Catholics
112,620 (25.2%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established1871
CathedralSaint Boniface Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopAlbert LeGatt
Website
archsaintboniface.ca

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Bonifacii) is a Latin archdiocese in part of the civil Province of Manitoba in Canada. Despite having no suffragan dioceses, the archdiocese is nominally metropolitan and is an ecclesiastical province by itself. It is currently led by Archbishop Albert LeGatt.

The cathedral of the archdiocese is a minor basilica, Saint Boniface Cathedral, Winnipeg.

History

In 1818 Joseph-Octave Plessis, Bishop of Quebec, sent Rev. Joseph-Norbert Provencher, Rev. Dumoulin and seminarian Guilaume Etienne Edge to open a mission on the Red River in present-day Manitoba, where the majority of settlers were Irish and Scottish Catholics.[1] Provencher's assignment was to convert the Indian nations and to "morally improve" the delinquent Christians who had "adopted the ways of the Indians."[2]

Arriving at Fort Douglas in mid-July, they were given land on the east bank of the Red River by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, of the Hudson's Bay Company. They immediately set to work to build a house before winter. Part of the building served as a chapel, which Provencher dedicated to the missionary, Saint Boniface. The mission at Saint Boniface was highly successful. In 1819, Provencher was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec with the titular title of Bishop of Juliopolis, and vicar general for the northwest.

Construction of Saint-Boniface Cathedral commenced in 1832 and was completed in 1839. In 1844, Bishop Provencher persuaded four sisters of the Grey Nuns of Montreal to come to St. Boniface.[3] In 1845, the Vicariate Apostolic of the North West was formed with Provencher as ordinary.[4] The area separated from Archdiocese of Québec comprised the entire territory west of the Great Lakes and as far north as the Pole.[5] In 1847, the North West Vicariate was raised to the status of diocese, suffragan to Québec. In June 1850, Oblate missioner Alexandre-Antonin Taché was named coadjutor bishop to Provencher, whom he succeeded upon Provencher's death in July 1853. The following year, the name of the diocese was changed from that of the Diocese of the North West to the Diocese of Saint-Boniface.[6]

On April 8, 1862 the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie was erected from territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Boniface. On September 22, 1871 Saint-Boniface was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese, while at the same time, it lost territory with the establishment of the Diocese of Saint Albert. The area of the Archdiocese was again reduced on July 11, 1882 as part of its contribution to the Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac, but was increased gained in 1889 with the reassignment of some land from the Diocese of Saint Albert.

Established On 4 June 1891 the Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan was established from territory drawn slit from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface. The Diocese of Regina was erected on March 4, 1910 from Saint-Boniface.

on 1915.12.04 to establish Archdiocese of Winnipeg and on 1952.04.29 to establish Diocese of Fort William.

Bishops

Diocesan Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)[7]

Apostolic Vicar of North-West
Suffragan Bishops of Saint-Boniface
Archbishops of Saint-Boniface
  • Alexandre-Antonin Taché O.M.I. (see above 1871.09.22 – death 1894.06.22)
  • Louis Philip Adélard Langevin (1895.01.08 – death 1915.06.15) [1]
  • Arthur Béliveau (1915.11.09 – death 1955.09.14), succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (1913.05.24 – 1915.11.09) and Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis (1913.05.24 – 1915.11.09)
  • Maurice Baudoux (1955.09.14 – retired 1974.09.07), previously Bishop of Saint-Paul (Alberta, Canada) (1948.08.12 – 1952.03.04), then Titular Archbishop of Preslavus (1952.03.04 – 1955.09.14) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (1952.03.04 – succession 1955.09.14); died 1988
  • Antoine Hacault (1974.09.07 – death 2000.04.13), previously Titular Bishop of Media (1964.07.30 – 1972.10.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (1964.07.30 – 1972.10.28), then Titular Archbishop of the same Media (1972.10.28 – 1974.09.07) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (1972.10.28 – succession 1974.09.07)
  • Émilius Goulet, Sulpicians (P.S.S.) (2001.06.23 – retired 3 July 2009)
  • Albert LeGatt (3 July 2009 – ...), previously Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (2001.07.26 – 2009.07.03).

Coadjutor bishops

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. (priest here, 1862-1863), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Athabaska Mackenzie, Alberta in 1890
  • Léo Blais, appointed Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan in 1952
  • Aimé Décosse, appointed Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan in 1953
  • Remi Joseph De Roo, appointed Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia in 1962
  • Noël Delaquis, appointed Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan in 1973 (resigned that see in 1995; returned to this diocese in 2014)

Raymond Roussin Born In St Vital Bishop of Gravelbourg 1995-1999 Bishop of Victoria 1999-2004 Archbishop of Vancouver 2004-2009

Statistics and extent

The archdiocese covers much of the province south of Lake Winnipeg and east of the Red River. It is a bilingual French and English archdiocese. Saint Boniface is a city ward of Winnipeg that sits on the east side of the Red River, and the area is a traditional home of Franco-Manitobans.

As of 2016, the archdiocese contains 87 parishes, 69 diocesan priests, 26 religious priests, 8 seminarians and 112,620 Catholics. It also has 150 Women Religious, 7 Religious Brothers, and 23 permanent deacons. The archdiocese and the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg jointly operate a number of parochial schools in Winnipeg.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lemieux, Lucien. "Provencher, Joseph-Norbert", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
  2. ^ "Catholic Mission of Saint-Boniface", Cathedral of Saint-Boniface
  3. ^ Pedersen, Anne-marie et al., "Grey Nuns", The Canadian Encyclopedia, July 25, 2019
  4. ^ "History", Archdiocese of Saint Boniface, Manitoba
  5. ^ Morice, Adrian Gabriel. "Saint Boniface". The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1913.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ "The Catholic Church in Manitoba to 1916", Archdiocese of Winnipeg
  7. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zbon0.htm

Sources - Bibliography

  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Saint Boniface" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Sources and external links

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