Diocese of Peterborough Dioecesis Peterboroughensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Kingston |
Population - Catholics | 100,000 (25.2%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 11, 1882 |
Cathedral | St. Peter-in-Chains |
Patron saint | St. Peter & St. Patrick |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Most Rev. Daniel J. Miehm |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Most Rev. Michael Mulhall |
Vicar General | Msgr. Michael Heffernan |
Website | |
peterboroughdiocese.org |
The Diocese of Peterborough (Latin: Dioecesis Peterboroughensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario, Canada. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario.
Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains in Peterborough, Ontario. On March 10, 2017, Pope Francis named former Hamilton Auxiliary Bishop Daniel J. Miehm as the new Bishop of Peterborough.[1]
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