Roman Catholic Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador

Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador Dioecesis Rivianangulanensis–Labradorensis
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Newfoundland
Population - Catholics	41,800
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	9 May 1870
Secular priests	40
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Peter Joseph Hundt (1 March 2011 - present)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador (Latin: Dioecesis Rivianangulanensis–Labradorensis) (erected 9 May 1870, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Western Newfoundland) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint John's, Newfoundland. It was re-erected as an apostolic vicariate on 28 April 1892 and as the Diocese of Saint George's on 18 February 1904. The Cathedral is located in Corner Brook.

In 2007, the diocese was expanded and the name was changed from "St. George's" to "Corner Brook and Labrador". This was done by incorporating nearly the entirety of the Diocese of Labrador into the Diocese of St. George. The Diocese of Labrador was predominantly cared for by the Oblates, and this situation has not changed. The island of Newfoundland portion is still cared for by diocesan priests.

In 2007, the Basilica of our Lady of Perpetual Help in the diocese was decreed a basilica. The Basilica was the cathedral of the former Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville.^[1]

Ordinaries

• Thomas Sears (1871 - 1885)
• Michael Francis Howley (1885 - 1894)
• Neil McNeil (1895 - 1910)
• Michael Fintan Power (1911 - 1920)
• Henry Thomas Renouf (1920 - 1941)
• Michael O'Reilly (1941 - 1970)
• Richard Thomas McGrath (1970 - 1985)
• Raymond John Lahey (1986 - 2003)
• David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (2003 - September 2010); named Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario
• Peter Joseph Hundt (1 March 2011 - present); had been an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario

External links and references

• Corner Brook and Labrador Diocese, Newfoundland official site
• "Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcorn.html. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 

1. ^ Giga-Catholic Information