Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert

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• Established on 4 June 1891 as Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan on territory slit off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface.
• Promoted on 1907.12.02 as Diocese of Prince-Albert / Principis Alberten(sis) (Latin)
• Lost territory on 1910.03.04 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin.
• Renamed on 1921.04.30 as Diocese of Prince-Albert–Saskatoon.
• Lost territory on 1921.05.06 to establish the Territorial Abbacy of Saint Peter–Muenster.
• Renamed (back) on 1933.06.09 as Diocese of Prince-Albert, having gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin and lost territory to establish the Diocese of Saskatoon.

As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,800 Catholics (20.5% of 198,600 total) on 118,834 km² in 80 parishes with 62 priests (47 diocesan, 15 religious), 1 deacon, 79 lay religious (15 brothers, 64 sisters) and 2 seminarians.)[1]

(all Roman Rite, often members of Latin congregations)[2]

Apostolic Vicar of Saskatchewan

• Albert Pascal, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) (1891.06.02 – 1907.12.02 see below), Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis (1891.06.02 – 1907.12.02)

Suffragan Bishop of Prince-Albert (first time)

• Albert Pascal, O.M.I. (see above 1907.12.02 – death 1920.07.12)

Suffragan Bishop of Prince-Albert–Saskatoon

• Henri-Jean-Maria Prud'homme (1921.06.16 – 1933.06.09 see below)

Suffragan Bishops of Prince-Albert (again)

• Henri-Jean-Maria Prud'homme (see above 1933.06.09 – retired 1937.01.29), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Saldæ (1937.01.29 – death 1952.01.05)
• Réginald Duprat, Dominican order (O.P.) (1938.03.17 – retired 1952.06.29), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Tremithus (1952.06.29 – death 1954.02.13)
• Léo Blais (1952.07.04 – 1959.02.28); next Titular Bishop of Hieron (1959.03.18 – death 1991.01.21), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Quebec, Canada) (1959.03.18 – 1971.05.11), then on emeritate
• Laurent Morin (1959.02.28 – retired 1983.04.09), previously Titular Bishop of Arsamosata (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Quebec, Canada) (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28); died 1996
• Blaise-Ernest Morand (1983.04.09 – retired 2008.05.26), succeeded as former Coadjutor Bishop of Prince-Albert (1981.04.22 – 1983.04.09)
• Albert Privet Thévenot, White Fathers (M. Afr.) (2008.05.26 – retired 2021.03.25)
• Stephen Andrew Hero (2021.03.25 – ...)

Coadjutor bishop

• Blaise-Ernest Morand (1981-1983)

• "Diocese of Prince-Albert". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
• Morice, Adrian Gabriel (1911). "Diocese of Prince Albert" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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