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Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Canada 🇨🇦

Celebrations

History

1915.12.04: Established as Archdiocese of Winnipeg / Vinnipegen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface and without ecclesiastical province)

Contact Info

Address: 1495 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2C6, Canada

Phone: +1 (204) 452-2227

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1984.09)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Winnipeg (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Murray Chatlain (62)
(2024.12.30 – ...)

Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

Magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum

Archbishop Richard Joseph Gagnon (76)
(2013.10.28 – 2024.12.30)

Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg (Canada)

To obey is to serve in love

Archbishop James Vernon Weisgerber (86)
(2000.06.07 – 2013.10.28)

Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg (Canada)

The Lord keeps faith forever

Archbishop Leonard James Wall
(1992.02.25 – 2000.06.07)

Born:	1924.09.27 (Windsor, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.06.21
Died:	2002.03.05 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Leptiminus (1979.05.03 – 1992.02.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (1979.05.03 – 1992.02.25)

Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1992.02.25 – 2000.06.07)

Archbishop Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I.
(1982.03.31 – 1991.05.25)

To serve as he served

Born:	1928.12.24 (Killaly, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.03.12
Died:	2023.09.05 (Grayson, SK, Canada † 94)

Bishop of Kamloops (Canada) (1974.01.16 – 1982.03.31)

Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1982.03.31 – 1991.05.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada) (1991.05.25 – 2004.01.10)

Cardinal George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B.
(1961.03.10 – 1982.03.31)

In ipso per ipsum cum ipso

Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock
(1952.01.14 – 1961.02.18)

Plenitudo legis dilectio

Born:	1906.07.02 (St. Thomas, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1930.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.06.29
Died:	1984.09.06 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 78)

Priest of London (Canada) (1930.06.14 – 1944.04.07)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1944.04.07 – 1951.08.06)

Titular Archbishop of Aprus (1951.08.06 – 1952.01.14)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1951.08.06 – 1952.01.14)

Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1952.01.14 – 1961.02.18)

Titular Archbishop of Isauropolis (1961.02.18 – 1971.03.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1961.02.18 – 1971.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1971.03.30 – 1978.04.27)

Archbishop Arthur Alfred Sinnott
(1915.12.04 – 1952.01.14)

Dum Christus annuntietur

Born:	1877.02.22
Ordained Priest:	1900.02.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.09.21
Died:	1954.04.18 († 77)

Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1915.12.04 – 1952.01.14)

Titular Archbishop of Sebastea (1952.01.14 – 1954.04.18)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock (1951.08.06 – 1952.01.14)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R. (1944.01.08 – 1951.06.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Francis Ryder Wood (1940.05.11 – 1943?)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 116,405 km²

Population: 163,100 Catholics (27.5% of 594,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 88 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 74 priests (61 diocesan, 13 religious), 19 deacons, 49 religious (14 brothers, 35 sisters), 3 seminarians