The Diocese of Calgary () is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. The Diocese of Calgary is a

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of the

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. Its

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episcopal see is St. Mary’s Cathedral,

Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...

. It is currently led by Bishop

William McGrattan William Terrence McGrattan (born 19 September 1956) is the eighth and current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary, Diocese of Calgary. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto ...

History

Established on 1912.11.30 as Diocese of Calgary, Latin adjective ', on territory split off from the Diocese of Saint Albert.

Bishops

Diocesan ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Calgary'' *

John Thomas McNally John Thomas McNally (24 June 1871 – 18 November 1952) was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax–Yarmouth, Archbishop of Halifax from 1937 to 1952. He was previously Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, O ...

(1913.04.04 – 1924.08.12); later Bishop of

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(

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, Canada) (1924.08.12 – 1937.02.17), Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1937.02.17 – death 1952.11.18) * John Thomas Kidd (1925.02.06 – 1931.07.03), next Bishop of

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(Ontario, Canada) (1931.07.03 – death 1950.06.02) *

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(1932.06.10 – 1935.06.26), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada) (1935.06.26 – death 1947.05.06) * (1935.12.19 – retired 1966.12.28), emeritate as

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(1966.12.28 – death 1967.02.25) **

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(1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14), Titular Bishop of Saccæa (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Canada) (1966.12.14 – retired 1982.03.12); died 1995 *

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(1967.02.25 – death 1968.02.03); previously Bishop of

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(Canada) (1952.02.28 – 1967.02.25) * (1968.06.20 – retired 1998.01.19), died 2004 * Frederick Henry (1998.01.19 – retired 2017.01.04), previously Titular Bishop of

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(1986.04.18 – 1995.03.24) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Canada) (1986.04.18 – 1995.03.24), Bishop of

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(Canada) (1995.03.24 – 1998.01.19), died 2024 *

(4 January 2017 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of

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(2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Canada) (2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08), Bishop of

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(Canada) (2014.04.08 – 2017.01.04).

Auxiliary bishop

(1963-1966), appointed Archbishop of Kingston

Statistics and extent

It includes the

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, all of

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and the extreme lower half of the

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region. As per 2014 it pastorally served 538,000 Catholics (45.5% of 1,183,000 total) on 110,500 km² in 69 parishes with 158 priests (123 diocesan, 35 religious), 50 deacons, 166 lay religious (46 brothers, 120 sisters) and 10 seminarians. The diocese contains 82+ parishes and missions specifically: 37 parishes in

alone; of which, 10 are ethnic parishes, an additional university parish to serve the

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and 45+ parishes and missions designated for southern Alberta and the Rockies lower region. On December 3, 2017 Bishop McGrattan announced his intention to make Our Lady of the Rockies Parish in

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into a Diocesan Marian Shrine in the spring of 2019. In 2006: 87 diocesan priests, 38 religious

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427,200

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. 110 women religious, 48 religious brothers and 30 permanent deacons make up the spiritual work force in Calgary not including the other regions.

Calgary city Parishes

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: ** St. Mary's Cathedralbr>

Sacred Heart

St. Francis of Assisi
* Northwest:
Ascension

Canadian Martyrs

Corpus Christi

Our Lady Queen of Peace (Polish)

Our Lady of the Assumption

St. Bernard

St. Boniface (German)

St. Joseph

St. Luke

St. Peter's

St. Pius X

University of Calgary Catholic Community
* Northeast

Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish & English)

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Chinese & English)

St. Mark

St. Thomas More
* Southwest
Holy Name

Holy Spirit (Spanish & English)

St. Anthony

Ste. Famille (French)

St. Gerard

St. James

St. Michael the Archangel

St. Mother Teresa Syro Malabar
* Southeast
Holy Trinity

Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese & English)

St. Albert the Great

St. Anne (Korean)

St. Bernadette

St. Cecilia's

St. John the Evangelist
** St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church (Calgary), St. Patrick'sbr>

St. Vincent Liem (Vietnamese)

Rural Parishes and Missions

Airdrie, Alberta, Airdrie *St. Paul

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St. Mary's

Beiseker Beiseker is a village in the Canadian province of Alberta, approximately northeast of Calgary. It is considered to be an outermost part of the Calgary Region, and is included within Calgary's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). The village is surr ...

*St. Mary's Blairmore (

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)
Holy Trinity

Bow Island Bow Island () is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 3 in southern Alberta, approximately north of the United States border, southeast of Calgary and southwest of Medicine Hat. History The community of Bow Island rec ...

*St. Michael's **Mission: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Foremost Brocket *St. Paul's

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St. Mary's

Our Lady of the Rockies

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*St. Agnes Catholic Parish

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St. Gabriel the Archangel

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Christ the King
**Mission
St. Cecilia
Nanton **Mission
St. Mary's

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Cluny *St. Mary's Coaldale
St. Ambrose
Cochrane
St. Mary's

Drumheller Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of east-central Alberta, Canada. It is located northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often referred to as Dinosaur Vall ...

*St. Anthony

Fort Macleod Fort Macleod ( ) is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It was originally named Macleod to distinguish it from the North-West Mounted Police barracks (Fort Macleod, built 1874) it had grown around. The fort was named in honour of the then List o ...

*Holy Cross **Mission: St. Theresa,

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Hanna *St. George's

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*St. Francis de Sales **Mission: St. Andrew's,

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Our Lady of the AssumptionSt. Basil'sSt. Patrick's
*St. Martha

Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, R ...

Holy FamilySt. Patrick
Milk River *St. Peter **Mission: St. Isidore's,

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St. James
**Mission: St. Michael's, Black Diamond

Oyen Oyen is a town in Southern Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Alberta Highway 41, Highway 41, south of its junction with Alberta Highway 9, Highway 9. Early name, Bishopburg, was changed in 1912 t ...

*Sacred Heart Picture Butte
St. Catherine's

Pincher Creek Pincher Creek is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies, west of Lethbridge and south of Calgary. History For centuries before European settlers reached this area and inhabited it, Indig ...

St. Michael
**Mission
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Waterton Rockyford *St. Rita

Siksika Nation The Siksika Nation (; syllabics , ) is a First Nation in southern Alberta, Canada. The name ''Siksiká'' comes from the Blackfoot words ''sik'' (black) and ''iká'' (foot), with a connector ''s'' between the two words. The plural form of ''S ...

*Holy Trinity Standoff *Immaculate Conception **Mission: four churches on the Blood Reserve Strathmore
Sacred Heart
Taber
St. Augustine

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St. Joseph

References

Sources and external links

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