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Diocese of Prince George

Dioecesis Principis Georgensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Stephen Arthur Jensen, Bishop
  • Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 13 July 1967
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Vancouver
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: British Columbia
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 345,600 (133,488 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: West (Ouest)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: PG
  • Official Web Site: http://www.pgdiocese.bc.ca/
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 6500 Southridge Ave., Prince George, BC V2N 5P9, Canada
  • Telephone: (250)964-4424
  • Fax: 964-2101

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Yukon
9 March 1908ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie
Diocese of New Westminster
Prefecture Apostolic of Yukon (erected)
19 September 1908Metropolitan ChangedPrefecture Apostolic of Yukon (to Vancouver)
Vicariate Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert
20 November 1916ElevatedArchdiocese of Vancouver (Between 53 and 54 degrees latitude (including Queen Charlotte Islands))
Prefecture Apostolic of Yukon
Vicariate Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert
14 January 1944Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Grouard (Fort Nelson)
Vicariate Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert (North)
Vicariate Apostolic of Whitehorse (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert
14 January 1944ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Grouard (Fort St. John)
Vicariate Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert (South)
Vicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert (erected)
Diocese of Prince George
13 July 1967ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert Diocese of Prince George (Name Changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)
25 March 2000Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Prince George (from Grouard-McLennan)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert
19508,00050,00016.0%30302668544ap1951
196629,910130,00023.0%3343780810718ap1967
Diocese of Prince George
197026,355133,62019.7%3429634184010017ap1971
197626,000139,00018.7%42933787405319ap1977
198026,000139,00018.7%32427962315420ap1981
199056,977240,50023.7%520252,2791283720ap1991
199951,200234,41621.8%712192,694153019ap2000
200051,200234,41621.8%811192,694132618ap2001
200151,200234,41621.8%911202,560122418ap2002
200251,200234,41621.8%910192,694112218ap2003
200351,200234,41621.8%128202,56092218ap2004
200451,200234,41621.8%118192,69492222ap2005
201355,800254,90021.9%147212,65791318ap2014
201657,626263,46121.9%1110212,744131018ap2017
201959,720273,30021.9%189272,21111920ap2020
202161,450281,00021.9%147212,9269921ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 9, Page 97, and Page 98
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 36, Page 233, and Page 234
  • Diocese of Prince George
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 1,114, to Page 1,116

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