Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg

Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Canada

Archdiocese of Winnipeg

St. Mary's Cathedral
Coat of Arms
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately exempt to the Holy See^[1]
Population - Catholics	166,000 (23.5%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1915
Cathedral	St. Mary's Cathedral in Winnipeg
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Richard Gagnon
Bishops emeritus	James Vernon Weisgerber
Website
archwinnipeg.ca

The Archdiocese of Winnipeg (Latin: Archidioecesis Vinnipegensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that includes part of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The archdiocese is the only diocese of the Latin Church in Canada that is immediately exempt to the Holy See, as it is not part of an ecclesiastical province.^[1] Located on the west side of the Red River, the Archdiocese of Winnipeg was created from the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface.

As of 2010, the archdiocese contains 92 parishes, 60 active diocesan priests, 26 religious priests, and 166,000 Catholics. It also has 27 religious brothers, 113 religious sisters, and 19 permanent deacons. The cathedral of the archdiocese is St. Mary's Cathedral in Winnipeg. The archbishop since 2014 is Richard Gagnon.

History

The Archdiocese was created in 1915 by Pope Benedict XV in his bull Inter praecipuas. Unusually, this bull made the archdiocese exempt and subject immediately to the Holy See. Historian John M. Reid, Jr. suggests that this decision was made due to ethnic conflicts in Winnipeg between Irish and French Catholics. The existing Archdiocese of St. Boniface was traditionally Francophone.^[2]^: 90–91

Bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Winnipeg and their terms of service:

Archbishops

Arthur Alfred Sinnott (1915–1952)
Philip Francis Pocock (1952–1961), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
George Flahiff (1960–1982)
Adam Exner (1982–1991), appointed Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia
Leonard James Wall (1992–2000)
James Weisgerber (2000–2013)
Richard Gagnon (2014–present)^[3]

Coadjutor bishops

Gerald C. Murray (1944-1951), did not succeed to the see
Philip Francis Pocock (1951-1952)

Auxiliary bishops

Francis Ryder Wood (1940-1943?), did not take effect

Priests of this diocese who became bishops

Charles Aimé Halpin, appointed Archbishop of Regina in 1973

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b "History: Part III - The Formation of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg". Archdiocese of Winnipeg. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
^ Reid, Jr., John M. (1961). The Erection of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg (MA thesis). University of Manitoba. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^ "Most Reverend Richard Gagnon, Seventh Archbishop of Winnipeg | Archdiocese of Winnipeg". www.archwinnipeg.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-11-17.