Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Vicarate Apostolic
name= Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
latin=Apostolicus Vicariatus Insularum S. Oetri et Miquelonensis
country= France
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Cathédral Saint-Pierre
("Cathedral of St. Peter")
cocathedral =
area= 242
population=6,325
population_as_of=2004
catholics= 6,300
catholics_percent=99.6
bishop= Lucien Prosper Ernest Fisher, C.S.Sp.
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ( _la. Apostolicus Vicariatus Insularum S. Petri et Miquelonensis) is an apostolic vicariate of the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church in North America. The Vicariate comprises the entirety of the French dependency of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. As an Apostolic Vicariate, it does not have a formal metropolitan. The church is currently headed by vicar apostolic Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer.

First erected as an apostolic prefecture, in 1763, after the Fall of New France, it was established as an apostolic vicariate on November 16, 1970. The Vicariate currently has 2 parishes with a combined community of 6,300 Catholics, served by 2 religious priests, 6 female religious, and 2 male religious.

Ordinaries

*Father Girard (1763 - 1766)
*Julien-François Becquet (1767 - 1775)
*Vacant (1776 - 1788)
*Father de Longueville (1788 - 1793)
*Vacant (1794 - 1816)
*Father Ollivier (1816 - 1842)
*Vacant (1843 - 1852)
*Father Le Helloco (1853 - 1867)
*Vacant (1868 - 1897)
*Christophe-Louis Légasse (1898 - 1915)
*Giuseppe Oster (1916 - 1922)
*Charles Joseph Heitz (1922 - 1933)
*Vacant (1934 - 1944)
*Raimondo Enrico Martín (1944 - 1945)
*Vacant (1946 - 1965)
*François Joseph Maurer (1966 - 2000)
*Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer (2000 - present)

References

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/diles.html Vicariate Apostolic of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon page at catholichierarchy.org] retrieved July 18, 2006