Diocese of Whitehorse Dioecesis Equialbensis | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Grouard–McLennan |
Population - Catholics | 9,300 (22.1%) |
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Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Hector Vila |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R. |
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Website | |
whitehorsediocese.ca |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Whitehorse (Latin: Dioecesis Equialbensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that includes Yukon and the northern portion of British Columbia north of latitude 57 degrees.
As of 2003, the diocese contains 23 parishes, 4 active diocesan priests, 9 religious priests, and 9,000 Catholics. It also has 8 women religious, 10 religious brothers, and 1 permanent deacon. The Diocese of Whitehorse is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan.