Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton

Diocese of Edmonton
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Alberta
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Website
edmontoncatholic-church.com

Saint Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton

Sacred Heart Church, Edmonton

Saint Pius X Church, Edmonton

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton (Latin: Archidioecesis Edmontonensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in the Province of Alberta. Its suffragan dioceses are Calgary and Saint Paul. Historically, the archdiocese was preceded by the Diocese of St Albert which was erected in 1871. In 1912 the present archdiocese was erected. The Archdiocese covers Central Alberta, Edmonton Capital Region and the middle and upper half of the Alberta's Rockies region.

As of 2010, the archdiocese (not including its 2 suffragan dioceses) contains 129 parishes and missions, 96 diocesan priests, 85 religious priests, and 368,545 Catholics. It also has 278 women religious, 18 religious brothers, and 14 permanent deacon. The archbishop's cathedra is located in St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica in Edmonton, Alberta.

On March 22, 2007, Vatican Information Services announced that a Halifax native, Bishop Richard William Smith of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke, Canada, had been appointed as Archbishop-elect of Edmonton by Pope Benedict XVI.

Residential Bishops

The Archdiocese was created in 1912. The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Edmonton, including auxiliary bishops, and their terms of service:

• Vital-Justin Grandin, bishop of St. Albert (1871–1902)
• Émile-Joseph Legal, bishop of St. Albert (1902–1912), archbishop (1912–1920)
• Henry Joseph O'Leary, (1920–1938)
• John Hugh MacDonald, (1936–1964)
• Anthony Jordan, (1955–1973)
• Joseph Neil MacNeil, (1973–1999)
• Thomas Christopher Collins, (1999–2006)
• Richard William Smith, (2007–present)

Edmonton Parishes

Annunciation Assumption Good Shepherd Holy Rosary (Polish) Holy Spirit Marry Help of Christians (Chinese) Nativity of Mary (Croatian) Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese) Our Lady of Good Help, Maronite Catholic Community Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish) Our Lady of Loretto (Military) Our Lady Queen of Poland (Polish) Queen of Martyrs (Vietnamese) Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples

St. Agnes St. Alphonsus St. Andrew St. Angela Merici St. Anne (French) St. Anthony St. Boniface (German) St. Charles St. Clare St. Dominic Savio St. Edmund St. Emeric (Hungarian) St. Joachim (French) St. John Bosco

St. John the Evangelist St. Joseph's Basilica St. Joseph's College Chapel St. Jung Ha Sang (Korean) St. Maria Goretti (Italian) St. Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf St. Matthew St. Michael - Resurrection St. Patrick St. Pius X St. Theresa St. Thomas d'Aquin St. Thomas More Ukrainian Eparchy Chancery Office

Rural Parishes

Alberta Beach Lac Ste. Anne Bashaw Immaculate Heart of Mary Beaumont St. Vital Camrose St. Francis Xavier Devon St. Maria Goretti Drayton Valley St. Anthony Edson Sacred Heart Enoch Our Lady of Mercy St. Alexander Mission Evansburg St. Elizabeth Fort Saskatchewan Our Lady of the Angels Gibbons Sacred Heart Grande Cache Holy Cross Hinton Our Lady of the Foothills Hobbema Our Lady of Seven Sorrows

Innisfail Our Lady of Peace Jasper Our Lady of Lourdes Killam Killiam-Daysland-Heisler Lacombe St. Stephen Leduc Our Lady of Victory St. Michael Lloydminster St. Anthony Ma-Me-O-Beach St. Theresa Mayerthorpe St. Agnes Onoway St. Rose of Lima Olds St. Stephen Ponoka St. Augustine Provost St. Mary Red Deer Sacred Heart St. Mary's

Rocky Mountain House St. Matthew Rimbey St. Margaret St. Albert Holy Family St. Albert Francophone Community St. Albert St. Peter, Villeneuve Stettler Christ - King Spruce Grove Holy Trinity Sherwood Park Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sylvan Lake Our Lady of the Assumption Trochu St. Anne of the Prairies Toronto Slovenian Catholic Community Wetaskiwin Sacred Heart Wainwright Blessed Sacrament Vermilion Holy Name of Jesus Vegreville St. Martin of Tours

External links

• Archdiocese of Edmonton page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006
• The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton home page