The Archdiocese of Edmonton () is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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in the Canadian civil province of

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and the seat of its archbishop is at St. Joseph Cathedral, a

minor basilica Basilicas are Catholic church buildings that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the Pope. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectura ...

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

. The Archdiocese of Edmonton is the

metropolitan see Metropolitan may refer to: Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical) * Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop ** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see" * Metropolitan ...

of its

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, which also contains two

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s: the Dioceses of Calgary and Saint Paul in Alberta. From 2007 to 2025, Bishop Richard W. Smith served as the Archbishop of Edmonton, having been appointed by

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. On Saturday, July 14, 2012, an official news release from

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(VIS), an arm of the

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, stated that

had appointed Gregory Bittman, who until then had been serving as the

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and as Archdiocesan

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, as an

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of the Archdiocese of Edmonton and

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. On February 6, 2018, Pope Francis appointed him the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson in southeastern British Columbia. He left the Archdiocese of Edmonton and took possession of the Diocese of Nelson on April 25 that same year. Archbishop Smith was appointed Archbishop of Vancouver on February 25, 2025. He will continue to serve as the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese until his installation in Vancouver.

Ecclesiastical province

The Ecclesiastical province has the following

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sees: * Diocese of Calgary * Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta

History

Established on 22 September 1871 as the Diocese of St Albert (Latin Sancti Alberti), on territory split off from the then

Diocese of Saint-Boniface The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface () 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 it ...

, to which it lost territory again in 1889 (meanwhile Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface) Promoted on 1912.11.30 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Edmonton / Edmontonen(sis) (Latin), having lost territory to establish the

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as its first suffragan. Lost territory again on 1948.07.17 to establish the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Paul, Alberta The Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that includes part of the civil province of Alberta. On September 15, 2022, Gary Anthony Franken, was appointed Bishop of Saint P ...

, which became its second suffragan. It enjoyed a Papal visit from

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in September 1984. The Archdiocese of Edmonton was later criticized for its handling of sex abuse allegations against Rev. Patrick O'Neill and was sued by one of O'Neil's alleged victims in 2012. From March 28 to April 1, 2022, a delegation of 32 Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers, residential school survivors, and youth – as well as support staff – journeyed together from across the country to meet with Pope Francis, accompanied by a small group of Canadian Bishops. Metis, Inuit and First Nations delegations met with the Pope over three days. The delegation was supported by Archbishop Richard Smith on the Archdiocese of Edmonton's behalf. Their visit to Rome concluded in a final audience with Pope Francis on April 1 with all three Indigenous groups. At that time, the Pope made an historic apology for the Church's role in the residential school system, and promised to come to Canada to apologize on Canadian soil. During that encounter, Pope Francis said he was very sorry during his Final Audience with all the Indigenous delegates: "I also feel shame … sorrow and shame for the role that a number of Catholics, particularly those with educational responsibilities, have had in all these things that wounded you, and the abuses you suffered and the lack of respect shown for your identity, your culture and even your spiritual values. For the deplorable conduct of these members of the Catholic Church, I ask for God's forgiveness and I want to say to you with all my heart, I am very sorry. And I join my brothers, the Canadian bishops, in asking your pardon." His Holiness said it was his hope to visit Canada “soon” and possibly “in the days” around the Feast of St. Anne, which is on July 26. This date was chosen by Pope Francis because the Lac Ste Anne Pilgrimage has been a traditional place of gathering for Indigenous peoples, and is also the largest annual Catholic gathering in Western Canada. First called Wakamne or God's Lake by the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation who live on the west end of the Lake, and Manito Sahkahigan or Spirit Lake by the Cree, Lac Ste Anne, about 75 km northwest of Edmonton, is the site of the annual pilgrimage, one of the most unique and memorable spiritual gatherings in North America. This choice thus demonstrated Pope Francis' intent to help reconcile indigenous and settler populations, respecting both cultures simultaneously. Pope Francis then visited sites across the Archdiocese of Edmonton: * Sunday, 24 July 2022: Arrival and welcome at Edmonton International Airport * Monday, 25 July 2022: Meeting with indigenous peoples: First nations, Métis and Inuit at Maskwacis, and meeting with indigenous peoples and members of the Parish Community of Sacred Heart at Edmonton * Tuesday, 26 July 2022: Holy Papal Mass at "Commonwealth Stadium" in Edmonton and participation in the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word at the Lac Ste. Anne In August 2023, a former student of St. Mary's Salesian Junior High School, Stephen Bounds, filed a lawsuit claiming he was groomed and sexually assaulted as a 12-year-old by a teacher, Marc Desjardins, in the 1980s. Bounds says he asked for "protection" from the school's acting principal, Father Stephen Whelan, who instead "chastised" Bounds for making the allegation of assault. Whelan himself had previously been accused of sexual abuse when he was vice-principal of a California Salesian high school in the 1970s. A year later, three other men came forward with allegations of sexual abuse at the school.

Diocesan episcopate

(all

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) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Edmonton'' *

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(O.M.I.) (1871.09.22 – death 1902.06.03), previously

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(1857.12.11 – 1871.09.22) as

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of Saint-Boniface (1857.12.11 – 1871.09.22) *

Émile-Joseph Legal Émile-Joseph Legal (October 9, 1849 – March 10, 1920) was born in France and went to Lachine, Quebec, where he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate order in 1880. Legal worked briefly in the United ...

, O.M.I. (1902.06.03 – see promoted 1912.11.30 ''see below''), succeeding as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Albert (1897.03.29 – 1902.06.03) and Titular Bishop of Pogla (1897.03.29 – 1902.06.03) ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Edmonton'' *

, O.M.I. (''see above'' 1912.11.30 – death 1920.03.10) *

Henry Joseph O'Leary Henry Joseph O'Leary (March 13, 1879 – March 5, 1938) was a Canadian cleric, the fifth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown, and later the second Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton, Archdiocese of Edmon ...

, (1920.09.07 – death 1938.03.05), previously Bishop of

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(1913.01.29 – 1920.09.07) * John Hugh MacDonald, (1938.03.05 – retired 1964.08.11), previously; later Bishop of

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1934.08.11 – 1936.12.16) and Titular Archbishop of Mocissus (1936.12.16 – 1938.03.05) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Edmonton (1936.12.16 – succession 1938.03.05); emeritate as

Titular Archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

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(1964.08.11 – death 1965.01.17) * Anthony Jordan, O.M.I. (1964.08.11 – retired 1973.07.02), previously Titular Bishop of Vada (1945.06.22 – 1955.04.27) as

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(1945.06.22 – 1955.04.27), then Titular Archbishop of Silyum (1955.04.27 – 1964.08.11) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Edmonton (1955.04.27 – succession 1964.08.11); died 1982 * Joseph MacNeil, (1973.07.02 – retired 1999.06.07), also President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1979 – 1981); previously Bishop of

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(1969.04.09 – 1973.07.02) * Thomas Collins (1999.06.07 – 2006.12.16), also

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of suffragan

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(Canada) (2001.03.16 – 2001.09.08); previously Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Paul (1997.03.25 – 1997.06.30) succeeding as Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada) (1997.06.30 – 1999.02.18), Coadjutor Archbishop of Edmonton (1999.02.18 – 1999.06.07); later

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(Ontario, Canada) (2006.12.16 – 2023.02.11), created

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of S. Patrizio (2012.02.18

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– ...), Member of

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(2014.01.15 – ...) *

Richard William Smith Mons. Richard William Smith (born April 28, 1959) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the metropolitan archbishop of Vancouver, having previously served as Bishop of Pembroke and Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton. The ...

, (2007.03.22 – 2025.02.25), previously Bishop of Pembroke (2002.04.27 – 2007.03.22), later Archbishop of Vancouver (2025.02.25 – ...) ;''Coadjutor bishops'' * John Hugh MacDonald (1936-1938) * Thomas Collins (1999), future cardinal ;''Auxiliary bishop'' * Gregory John Bittman (2012-2018), later appointed Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia ;''Other priests of this diocese who became bishops'' *

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, appointed Archbishop of Regina in 1930; future Cardinal *

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, appointed Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario in 1937 * Edward Quentin Jennings, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver, British Columbia in 1941 *

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, appointed Archbishop of Regina in 1947 *

Wilfrid Emmett Doyle Wilfrid Emmett Doyle (February 18, 1913 – September 14, 2003) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Nelson from 1958 to 1989. Biography Doyle was born in Calgary, Alberta, as one of twelve children; his an ...

, appointed Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia in 1958 *

Paul Terrio Paul Terrio (born May 4, 1943) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as bishop of the Diocese of Saint Paul, Alberta. Biography Terrio was born in Montreal. He was ordained a priest on May 23, 1970. He was appoin ...

, appointed Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta in 2012 * Stephen Andrew Hero, appointed Bishop of Prince Albert in 2021

Statistics and extent

The archdiocese (not including its suffragan dioceses) covers

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Edmonton Capital Region Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region, and is in Treaty 6 terr ...

and the middle and upper half of the

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region. The Archdiocese includes the greater Edmonton area but also covers a geographic region stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Saskatchewan boundary in the east, from Olds in the south to Grande Cache in the north. It acknowledges that the Archdiocese is situated on traditional lands, parts of which are within Treaty 6, Treaty 7 and Treaty 8 territories of the Alexander First Nation (Cree), Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation (Stoney), Enoch Cree Nation (Cree), Ermineskin Cree Nation (Cree), Louis Bull Tribe (Cree), Montana First Nation (Cree), O’Chiese First Nation (Western Ojibwa), Paul First Nation (Cree/Stoney), Samson Cree Nation (Cree), and Sunchild First Nation (Cree). Mass is celebrated in at least 16 different languages, including Cree, French, Spanish, Polish, Chinese, Croatian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Italian, Hungarian, Korean, Latin, Sudanese, and American Sign Language. As of 2020, it pastorally served 436,792 Catholics (26.4% of 1,899,097 total) on 150,000 km² in 122 parishes and missions with 126 priests, 40 permanent deacons, 163 religious sisters, 8 religious brothers, 5 members of lay institutes, 15 lay missionaries and 12 seminarians.

Edmonton parishes

*Annunciation *Assumption *Corpus Christi
Good ShepherdHoly Rosary (Polish)
*Mary Help of Christians (Chinese) *Nativity of Mary (Croatian)
Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese)
*Our Lady of Good Help, Maronite Catholic Community *Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish) *Our Lady of Loretto (Military)
Our Lady Queen of Poland (Polish)
*Queen of Martyrs (Vietnamese) *Resurrection *

Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples The Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic church in Edmonton, Alberta. Opened as the Sacred Heart Church in 1913 to serve the city's rapidly growing population, Sacred Heart has been a historic "nursery" for ...

*St. Agnes *St. Alphonsa (Syro-Malabar Rite) *St. Alphonsus *St. Andrew *St. Angela Merici (merged with St. Edmund in June 2013) *St. Anne (French) (merged with St. Joachim in October 2014) *St. Anthony *St. Benedict Chapel
St. CharlesSt. Clare
*St. Dominic Savio *St. Edmund *St. Emeric (Hungarian) *St. Joachim (French) *St. John Bosco
St. John the EvangelistSt. Joseph's Basilica
*St. Joseph's College Chapel *St. Jung Ha Sang (Korean) *Santa Maria Goretti (Italian) *St. Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf *St. Matthew
St. Theresa
*St. Thomas d'Aquin
St. Thomas More
*Vital Grandin Chaplaincy (Latin Mass)

Rural parishes

Alberta Beach Alberta Beach is a village in central Alberta, Canada, west of Edmonton. It is located on the southeast shore of Lac Ste. Anne, approximately west of Highway 43 and north of Highway 633. Alberta Beach's economy it is centred on tourism and r ...

*Lac Ste. Anne

Bashaw Bashaw may refer to: Places ;Canada * Bashaw, Alberta ** Bashaw Airport ;United States * Bashaw, Wisconsin, a town * Bashaw, Burnett County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Bashaw Township, Brown County, Minnesota Others * Mose Bashaw (188 ...

*Immaculate Heart of Mary Beaumont *St. Vital Camrose *St. Francis Xavier

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*St. Maria Goretti

Drayton Valley Drayton Valley is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located on Alberta Highway 22, Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), approximately southwest of Edmonton. It is surrounded by Brazeau County, known for its vast petroleum, oil fields. The town is lo ...

*St. Anthony Edson *Sacred Heart Enoch *Our Lady of Mercy *St. Alexander Mission Evansburg *St. Elizabeth

Fort Saskatchewan Fort Saskatchewan is a city along the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Edmonton, the provincial capital. It is part of the Edmonton Capital Region#Edmonton CMA, Edmonton census metropolitan area and one of 24 muni ...

*Our Lady of the Angels

Gibbons Gibbons may refer to: * Gibbon, an ape in the family Hylobatidae * Gibbons (surname) * Gibbons, Alberta Gibbons is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located on Alberta Highway 28A, Highway 28A, northeast of Edmonton. Gibbons is situate ...

*Sacred Heart

Grande Cache Grande Cache is a hamlet in West-Central Alberta, Canada within and administered by the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. It is located on Highway 40 approximately northwest of Hinton and west of Edmonton. Grande Cache overlooks the Sm ...

*Holy Cross Hinton *Our Lady of the Foothills Innisfail *Our Lady of Peace

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*Our Lady of Lourdes

Killam Killam is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Clements Killam (1849–1908), Canadian lawyer * Amasa Emerson Killam (1834–1922), Canadian politician * Charles Wilson Killam (1871–1961), American architect, engineer ...

*Killiam-Daysland-Heisler

Lacombe Lacombe may refer to: Places * Lacombe, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe, Louisiana, United States * Lacombe, Aude, France * Lacombe (provincial electoral district), Canada * Lacombe (territorial electoral district), ...

*St. Stephen Leduc
St. Michael

Lloydminster Lloydminster is a city in Canada which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The city is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administra ...

*St. Anthony Ma-Me-O-Beach *St. Theresa

Maskwacis Maskwacis (; , ), renamed in 2014 from Hobbema (), is an unincorporated community in central Alberta, Canada at intersection of Highway 2A and Highway 611, approximately south of the City of Edmonton. The community consists of two Cree First ...

*Our Lady of Seven Sorrows

Mayerthorpe Mayerthorpe is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton at the intersection of Highway 43 and Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail). The town is surrounded by Lac Ste. Anne County and is in Alberta's Census Division ...

*St. Agnes

Onoway Onoway is a small town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton at the junction of Alberta Highway 37, Highway 37 and Alberta Highway 43, Highway 43. The mayor is Len Kwasny. History Two theories are behind the nam ...

*St. Rose of Lima

Olds Olds may refer to: People * The olds, a jocular and irreverent online nickname for old age, older adults * Olds (surname) Places * Olds, Alberta, Canada * Olds, Iowa, United States * Olds Peak, Antarctica Other uses * F. E. Olds, an American b ...

St. Stephen
Ponoka *St. Augustine

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*St. Mary

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*Sacred Heart *St. Mary's

Rocky Mountain House Rocky Mountain House is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately west of Red Deer at the confluence of the Clearwater and North Saskatchewan Rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) and Highway 11 (David ...

*St. Matthew

Rimbey Rimbey is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the junction of Alberta Highway 20, Highways 20 and Alberta Highway 53, 53 in the Blindman River valley area approximately northwest of Red Deer, Alberta, Red Deer and southwest of ...

*St. Margaret St. Albert *Holy Family *St. Albert Francophone Community *St. Albert *St. Peter, Villeneuve Stettler *Christ - King

Spruce Grove Spruce Grove is a city that is west of Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada. The city is adjacent to the Stony Plain, Alberta, Town of Stony Plain and is surrounded by Parkland County. With a 2021 population of 37,645, Spruce Grove is the List of cit ...

Holy Trinity

Sherwood Park Sherwood Park is a large hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County that is recognized as an urban service area. It is adjacent to the City of Edmonton's eastern boundary. While long confined to generally south of Highway 16 ( Ye ...

*Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sylvan Lake *Our Lady of the Assumption Thorsby * Our Lady of Victory Trochu *St. Anne of the Prairies

Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is located south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word , meaning "the hills where peace was made". Wetaskiwin is home to the Reyn ...

*Sacred Heart Wainwright
Blessed Sacrament

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*Holy Name of Jesus

Vegreville Vegreville () is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Highway 16A approximately east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the founding of the ''Vegreville Observer'', a week ...

*St. Martin of Tours File:St Joseph s Basillica Compressed.jpg, Saint Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton File:Sacred Heart Church Edmonton Alberta Canada 05A.jpg, Sacred Heart Church, Edmonton

Education

The following school districts operate Catholic schools within the boundaries of the Archdiocese: *Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord (francophone) *East Central Alberta Catholic Schools *Edmonton Catholic Schools *Evergreen Catholic Schools *Elk Island Catholic Schools *Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools *Living Waters Catholic Schools *Lloydminster Catholic Schools *Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools *St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Schools

Archdiocesan Media

The ''Western Catholic Reporter'' was a weekly newspaper published in

, Alberta, Canada that covered the

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. The newspaper was owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton. Its declared mission was to serve its readers by helping them deepen their faith through accurate information and reflective commentary on events and issues of concern to the Church. The ''Reporter'' closed in 2016 and was replaced by the news websit
Grandin Media
Grandin Media lasted until the website was shut down in early 2024. All stories from the Grandin Media website were then transferred on to the Archdiocesan website

References

Sources and external links

The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton home page

retrieved July 13, 2006
Western Catholic Reporter

Grandin Media
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