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Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Canada 🇨🇦

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History

1844.04.16: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of North West (English) / Nord-Ouest (français) (from Archdiocese of Québec)
1847.06.04: Promoted as Diocese of North West (English) / Nord-Ouest (français) (became suffragan of Québec)
1851: Renamed as Diocese of Saint-Boniface (français) / Sancti Bonifacii (Latin)
1855.12.08: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole
1862.04.08: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie
1869.08.17: Gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole
1871.09.22: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface (français) / Sancti Bonifacii (Latin) (with suffragan sees Saint Albert and Athabaska Mackenzie and lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint Albert)
1882.07.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac
1889: Gained territory from Diocese of Saint Albert
1890.09.02: Gained suffragan see New Westminster
1891.06.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan and gained suffragan see Saskatchewan
1901.07.03: Gained suffragan see Mackenzie
1903.06.19: Lost suffragan sees New Westminster and Mackenzie
1908.03.09: Gained suffragan see Yukon
1910.03.04: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Regina and gained suffragan sees Regina and Keewatin
1912.11.30: Lost suffragan see Saint Albert
1915.12.04: Lost territory to establish Archdiocese of Winnipeg and lost suffragan sees Prince Albert and Regina
1925.07.15: Gained suffragan see Baie d’Hudson
1944.01.14: Gained suffragan see Whitehorse
1952.04.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Fort William
1967.07.13: Lost suffragan sees Baie d’Hudson, Grouard, Keewatin, Prince Rupert and Whitehorse

Contact Info

Address: 151 avenue de la Cathédrale, Saint-Boniface, MB R2H 0H6, Canada

Phone: +1 (204) 237-9851

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Saint-Boniface (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Albert François LeGatt (71)
(2009.07.03 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Ut unum sint

Born:	1953.05.06 (Melfort, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1983.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.10.05

Priest of Prince Albert (Canada) (1983.06.09 – 2001.07.26)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (2001.07.26 – 2009.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (2009.07.03 – ...)

Archbishop Émilius Goulet, P.S.S. (91)
(2001.06.23 – 2009.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Duc in altum

Born:	1933.05.15 (Saint-Isidore de Dorchester, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1958.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.16

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (2001.06.23 – 2009.07.03)

Archbishop Antoine Hacault
(1974.09.07 – 2000.04.13)

In evangelium servus Dei

Born:	1926.01.17 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1951.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.09.08
Died:	2000.04.13 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Media (1964.07.30 – 1972.10.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1964.07.30 – 1972.10.28)

Titular Archbishop of Media (1972.10.28 – 1974.09.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1972.10.28 – 1974.09.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1974.09.07 – 2000.04.13)

Archbishop Maurice Baudoux
(1955.09.14 – 1974.09.07)

Superimpendar

Born:	1902.07.10 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1929.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.10.28
Died:	1988.07.01 († 85)

Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada) (1948.08.12 – 1952.03.04)

Titular Archbishop of Preslavus (1952.03.04 – 1955.09.14)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1952.03.04 – 1955.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1955.09.14 – 1974.09.07)

Archbishop Arthur Béliveau
(1915.11.09 – 1955.09.14)

In veritate et caritate

Born:	1870.03.02 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1893.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.07.25
Died:	1955.09.14 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis (1913.05.24 – 1915.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1913.05.24 – 1915.11.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1915.11.09 – 1955.09.14)

Archbishop Louis-Philippe Adélard Langevin, O.M.I.
(1895.01.08 – 1915.06.15)

Depositum custodi

Born:	1855.08.24 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1882.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.03.19
Died:	1915.06.15 († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1895.01.08 – 1915.06.15)

Archbishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché, O.M.I.
(1871.09.22 – 1894.06.22)

Dilatavit gloriam populo suo / Pauperes evangelizantur

Born:	1823.07.23 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1845.10.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.11.23
Died:	1894.06.22 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Arathia (1850.06.12 – 1853.06.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1850.06.12 – 1853.06.07)

Bishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1853.06.07 – 1871.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1871.09.22 – 1894.06.22)

Bishops of Saint-Boniface (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
(1853.06.07 – 1871.09.22)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph-Norbert Provencher
(1847.06.04 – 1853.06.07)

Pinguescent speciosa deserti

Born:	1787.02.12 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1811.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1822.05.12
Died:	1853.06.07 († 66)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1820.02.01 – 1844.04.16)

Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis (1820.02.01 – 1847.06.04)

Vicar Apostolic of North West (Canada) (1844.04.16 – 1847.06.04)

Bishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1847.06.04 – 1853.06.07)

Vicars Apostolic of North West (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Norbert Provencher
(1844.04.16 – 1847.06.04)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Antoine Hacault (1972.10.28 – 1974.09.07)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Maurice Baudoux (1952.03.04 – 1955.09.14)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Georges Cabana (1941.05.24 – 1952.01.29)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Emile Yelle, P.S.S. (1933.07.25 – 1941)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. (1857.12.11 – 1871.09.22)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché, O.M.I. (later Archbishop) (1850.06.12 – 1853.06.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antoine Hacault (later Archbishop) (1964.07.30 – 1972.10.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Arthur Béliveau (later Archbishop) (1913.05.24 – 1915.11.09)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 38,200 km²

Population: 120,600 Catholics (24.4% of 494,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 87 parishes

Personnel: 90 priests (56 diocesan, 34 religious), 23 deacons, 171 religious (38 brothers, 133 sisters), 5 seminarians