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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface

November 23, 2023

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Bonifacii) is a Latin archdiocese in part of the civil Province of Manitoba in Canada. Despite having no suffragan dioceses, the archdiocese is nominally metropolitan and is an ecclesiastical province by itself. It is currently led by Archbishop Albert LeGatt.

Archdiocese of Saint Boniface

Archidioecesis Sancti Bonifacii
Coat of Arms
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceSaint Boniface
Population
- Catholics
112,620 (25.2%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1871
CathedralSaint Boniface Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopAlbert LeGatt
Website
archsaintboniface.ca

The cathedral of the archdiocese is a minor basilica, Saint Boniface Cathedral, Winnipeg.

History edit

 
Saint Boniface Cathedral in 1927
 
Joseph Provencher

In 1817, settlers at the Red River Colony petitioned Joseph-Octave Plessis, Bishop of Quebec, for a resident priest. In 1818, Plessis sent Rev. Joseph-Norbert Provencher, Rev. Dumoulin and seminarian Guilaume Etienne Edge to open a mission on the Red River in present-day Manitoba, where the majority of settlers were Irish and Scottish Catholics.[1] Provencher's assignment was to convert the Indian nations and to "morally improve" the delinquent Christians who had "adopted the ways of the Indians."[2]

Arriving at Fort Douglas in mid-July, they were given land on the east bank of the Red River by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, of the Hudson's Bay Company. They immediately set to work to build a house before winter. Part of the building served as a chapel, which Provencher dedicated to the missionary, Saint Boniface. The mission at Saint-Boniface was highly successful. In 1819, Provencher was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec with the titular title of Bishop of Juliopolis, and vicar general for the northwest. A second parish, St. François Xavier, was established in 1828 for a Métis community established by Cuthbert Grant at White Horse Plains.[3]

Construction of Saint-Boniface Cathedral commenced in 1832 and was completed in 1839. In 1844, Bishop Provencher persuaded four sisters of the Grey Nuns of Montreal to come to Saint-Boniface.[4] In 1845, the Vicariate Apostolic of the North West was formed with Provencher as ordinary.[5] The area separated from Archdiocese of Québec comprised the entire territory west of the Great Lakes and as far north as the Pole.[6] In 1847, the North West Vicariate was raised to the status of diocese, suffragan to Québec. In June 1850, Oblate missioner Alexandre-Antonin Taché was named coadjutor bishop to Provencher, whom he succeeded upon Provencher's death in July 1853. The following year, the name of the diocese was changed from that of the Diocese of the North West to the Diocese of Saint-Boniface.[7]

On April 8, 1862 the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie was erected from territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Boniface. On September 22, 1871 Saint-Boniface was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese, while at the same time, it lost territory with the establishment of the Diocese of Saint Albert. Taché became the first archbishop. In 1874, he brought the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary from Québec to teach at St. Mary's Academy (Winnipeg). The area of the Archdiocese was again reduced on July 11, 1882 as part of its contribution to the Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac, but was increased in 1889 with the reassignment of some land from the Diocese of Saint Albert.

Established On 4 June 1891, the Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan was established from territory drawn from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface. In 1900, under Archbishop Adélard Langevin, Holy Ghost Parish was established in North Winnipeg to serve Polish Catholics. In 1904, St. Joseph's was founded for the German Catholics in the community. The French church of Sacré Coeur was dedicated in 1905 for former parishioners of St. Mary's. In 1898, Langevin asked the Soeurs de Misericorde from Montreal to assist unwed mothers. They opened, in 1900, a maternity hospital which later developed into Misericordia Health Centre.

The Diocese of Regina was erected on March 4, 1910 from Saint-Boniface, as was the Archdiocese of Winnipeg on December 4, 1915 and the Diocese of Fort William on April 29, 1952.

Cathédrale Saint-Boniface edit

 
St. Boniface Cathedral
Main article: Saint Boniface Cathedral

The present cathedral stands on a site that has seen two churches and four cathedrals. The original log chapel was built by Provencher in 1818 and subsequently replaced by a larger structure. In 1832, Provencher, now a bishop, built the first cathedral which was destroyed by fire on December 14, 1860. In 1862, Bishop Alexandre Antonin Taché rebuilt the cathedral in stone. A larger building was completed in 1908 in French Romanesque style, and was designated a minor basilica in 1949. This sustained significant damage in a 1968 fire. The present Saint-Boniface incorporates some features of its predecessor, notably the impressive façade.[8]

Bishops edit

Diocesan Ordinaries edit

Apostolic Vicar of North-West
Suffragan Bishops of Saint-Boniface
Archbishops of Saint-Boniface
  • Alexandre-Antonin Taché O.M.I. (see above 1871.09.22 – death 1894.06.22)
  • Louis Philip Adélard Langevin (1895.01.08 – death 1915.06.15) [1]
  • Arthur Béliveau (1915.11.09 – death 1955.09.14), succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (1913.05.24 – 1915.11.09) and Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis (1913.05.24 – 1915.11.09)
  • Maurice Baudoux (1955.09.14 – retired 1974.09.07), previously Bishop of Saint-Paul (Alberta, Canada) (1948.08.12 – 1952.03.04), then Titular Archbishop of Preslavus (1952.03.04 – 1955.09.14) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (1952.03.04 – succession 1955.09.14); died 1988
  • Antoine Hacault (1974.09.07 – death 2000.04.13), previously Titular Bishop of Media (1964.07.30 – 1972.10.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Boniface (1964.07.30 – 1972.10.28), then Titular Archbishop of the same Media (1972.10.28 – 1974.09.07) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (1972.10.28 – succession 1974.09.07)
  • Émilius Goulet, Sulpicians (P.S.S.) (2001.06.23 – retired 3 July 2009)
  • Albert LeGatt (3 July 2009 – ...), previously Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (2001.07.26 – 2009.07.03).

Coadjutor bishops edit

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit

  • Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. (priest here, 1862-1863), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Athabaska Mackenzie, Alberta in 1890
  • Léo Blais, appointed Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan in 1952
  • Aimé Décosse, appointed Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan in 1953
  • Remi Joseph De Roo, appointed Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia in 1962
  • Noël Delaquis, appointed Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan in 1973 (resigned that see in 1995; returned to this diocese in 2014)
  • Raymond Roussin, Born In St Vital, Bishop of Gravelbourg 1995-1999, Bishop of Victoria 1999-2004, Archbishop of Vancouver 2004-2009
  • Marcel Damphousse, appointed Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario in 2012

Statistics and extent edit

The archdiocese covers much of the province south of Lake Winnipeg and east of the Red River. It is a bilingual French and English archdiocese. Saint Boniface is a city ward of Winnipeg that sits on the east side of the Red River, and the area is a traditional home of Franco-Manitobans.

As of 2021, the archdiocese contains 87 parishes chaplaincies and missions, 59 diocesan priests, 23 religious priests, 5 seminarians and 135,309 Catholics. It also has 143 Women Religious, 8 Religious Brothers, and 19 permanent deacons. The archdiocese and the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg jointly operate a number of parochial schools in Winnipeg.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Lemieux, Lucien. "Provencher, Joseph-Norbert", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
  2. ^ "Catholic Mission of Saint-Boniface", Cathedral of Saint-Boniface
  3. ^ Morton, William. "Memorable Manitobans: Cuthbert James Grant (1793-1854)", Manitoba Historical Society
  4. ^ Pedersen, Anne-marie et al., "Grey Nuns", The Canadian Encyclopedia, July 25, 2019
  5. ^ "History", Archdiocese of Saint Boniface, Manitoba
  6. ^ Morice, Adrian Gabriel. "Saint Boniface". The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1913.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ "The Catholic Church in Manitoba to 1916", Archdiocese of Winnipeg
  8. ^ Girard, David. "The Cathedrals of Saint-Boniface", Encyclopedia of French cultural Heritage in North America

Sources - Bibliography edit

  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Saint Boniface" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Sources and external links edit

  • Archdiocese of St. Boniface site
  • Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006
  • "And the Desert Shall Bloom" -200th Anniversary of the Catholic Church in Western Canada

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface Latin Archidioecesis Sancti Bonifacii is a Latin archdiocese in part of the civil Province of Manitoba in Canada Despite having no suffragan dioceses the archdiocese is nominally metropolitan and is an ecclesiastical province by itself It is currently led by Archbishop Albert LeGatt Archdiocese of Saint BonifaceArchidioecesis Sancti BonifaciiCoat of ArmsLocationCountry CanadaEcclesiastical provinceSaint BonifacePopulation Catholics112 620 25 2 InformationDenominationCatholicSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablished1871CathedralSaint Boniface CathedralCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopAlbert LeGattWebsitearchsaintboniface caThe cathedral of the archdiocese is a minor basilica Saint Boniface Cathedral Winnipeg Contents 1 History 2 Cathedrale Saint Boniface 3 Bishops 3 1 Diocesan Ordinaries 3 2 Coadjutor bishops 3 3 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops 4 Statistics and extent 5 See also 6 References 7 Sources Bibliography 8 Sources and external linksHistory edit nbsp Saint Boniface Cathedral in 1927 nbsp Joseph ProvencherIn 1817 settlers at the Red River Colony petitioned Joseph Octave Plessis Bishop of Quebec for a resident priest In 1818 Plessis sent Rev Joseph Norbert Provencher Rev Dumoulin and seminarian Guilaume Etienne Edge to open a mission on the Red River in present day Manitoba where the majority of settlers were Irish and Scottish Catholics 1 Provencher s assignment was to convert the Indian nations and to morally improve the delinquent Christians who had adopted the ways of the Indians 2 Arriving at Fort Douglas in mid July they were given land on the east bank of the Red River by Thomas Douglas 5th Earl of Selkirk of the Hudson s Bay Company They immediately set to work to build a house before winter Part of the building served as a chapel which Provencher dedicated to the missionary Saint Boniface The mission at Saint Boniface was highly successful In 1819 Provencher was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec with the titular title of Bishop of Juliopolis and vicar general for the northwest A second parish St Francois Xavier was established in 1828 for a Metis community established by Cuthbert Grant at White Horse Plains 3 Construction of Saint Boniface Cathedral commenced in 1832 and was completed in 1839 In 1844 Bishop Provencher persuaded four sisters of the Grey Nuns of Montreal to come to Saint Boniface 4 In 1845 the Vicariate Apostolic of the North West was formed with Provencher as ordinary 5 The area separated from Archdiocese of Quebec comprised the entire territory west of the Great Lakes and as far north as the Pole 6 In 1847 the North West Vicariate was raised to the status of diocese suffragan to Quebec In June 1850 Oblate missioner Alexandre Antonin Tache was named coadjutor bishop to Provencher whom he succeeded upon Provencher s death in July 1853 The following year the name of the diocese was changed from that of the Diocese of the North West to the Diocese of Saint Boniface 7 On April 8 1862 the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie was erected from territory split off from the Diocese of Saint Boniface On September 22 1871 Saint Boniface was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese while at the same time it lost territory with the establishment of the Diocese of Saint Albert Tache became the first archbishop In 1874 he brought the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary from Quebec to teach at St Mary s Academy Winnipeg The area of the Archdiocese was again reduced on July 11 1882 as part of its contribution to the Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac but was increased in 1889 with the reassignment of some land from the Diocese of Saint Albert Established On 4 June 1891 the Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan was established from territory drawn from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Boniface In 1900 under Archbishop Adelard Langevin Holy Ghost Parish was established in North Winnipeg to serve Polish Catholics In 1904 St Joseph s was founded for the German Catholics in the community The French church of Sacre Coeur was dedicated in 1905 for former parishioners of St Mary s In 1898 Langevin asked the Soeurs de Misericorde from Montreal to assist unwed mothers They opened in 1900 a maternity hospital which later developed into Misericordia Health Centre The Diocese of Regina was erected on March 4 1910 from Saint Boniface as was the Archdiocese of Winnipeg on December 4 1915 and the Diocese of Fort William on April 29 1952 Cathedrale Saint Boniface edit nbsp St Boniface CathedralMain article Saint Boniface Cathedral The present cathedral stands on a site that has seen two churches and four cathedrals The original log chapel was built by Provencher in 1818 and subsequently replaced by a larger structure In 1832 Provencher now a bishop built the first cathedral which was destroyed by fire on December 14 1860 In 1862 Bishop Alexandre Antonin Tache rebuilt the cathedral in stone A larger building was completed in 1908 in French Romanesque style and was designated a minor basilica in 1949 This sustained significant damage in a 1968 fire The present Saint Boniface incorporates some features of its predecessor notably the impressive facade 8 Bishops editDiocesan Ordinaries edit Apostolic Vicar of North WestJoseph Norbert Provencher 1844 04 16 1847 06 04 see below Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis 1820 02 01 1847 06 04 earlier as Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec Canada 1820 02 01 1844 04 16 Suffragan Bishops of Saint BonifaceJoseph Norbert Provencher see above 1847 06 04 death 1853 06 07 Alexandre Antonin Tache Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate O M I 1853 06 07 1871 09 22 see below succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Boniface 1850 06 12 1853 06 07 and Titular Bishop of Arathia 1850 06 12 1853 06 07 Archbishops of Saint BonifaceAlexandre Antonin Tache O M I see above 1871 09 22 death 1894 06 22 Louis Philip Adelard Langevin 1895 01 08 death 1915 06 15 1 Arthur Beliveau 1915 11 09 death 1955 09 14 succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Boniface 1913 05 24 1915 11 09 and Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis 1913 05 24 1915 11 09 Maurice Baudoux 1955 09 14 retired 1974 09 07 previously Bishop of Saint Paul Alberta Canada 1948 08 12 1952 03 04 then Titular Archbishop of Preslavus 1952 03 04 1955 09 14 as Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Boniface 1952 03 04 succession 1955 09 14 died 1988 Antoine Hacault 1974 09 07 death 2000 04 13 previously Titular Bishop of Media 1964 07 30 1972 10 28 as Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Boniface 1964 07 30 1972 10 28 then Titular Archbishop of the same Media 1972 10 28 1974 09 07 as Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Boniface 1972 10 28 succession 1974 09 07 Emilius Goulet Sulpicians P S S 2001 06 23 retired 3 July 2009 Albert LeGatt 3 July 2009 previously Bishop of Saskatoon Canada 2001 07 26 2009 07 03 Coadjutor bishops edit Vital Justin Grandin O M I 1857 1871 became bishop of the Diocese of St Albert Georges Cabana 1941 1952 became archbishop of the Archdiocese of SherbrookeOther priests of this diocese who became bishops edit Pierre Emile Jean Baptiste Marie Grouard O M I priest here 1862 1863 appointed Vicar Apostolic of Athabaska Mackenzie Alberta in 1890 Leo Blais appointed Bishop of Prince Albert Saskatchewan in 1952 Aime Decosse appointed Bishop of Gravelbourg Saskatchewan in 1953 Remi Joseph De Roo appointed Bishop of Victoria British Columbia in 1962 Noel Delaquis appointed Bishop of Gravelbourg Saskatchewan in 1973 resigned that see in 1995 returned to this diocese in 2014 Raymond Roussin Born In St Vital Bishop of Gravelbourg 1995 1999 Bishop of Victoria 1999 2004 Archbishop of Vancouver 2004 2009 Marcel Damphousse appointed Bishop of Alexandria Cornwall Ontario in 2012Statistics and extent editThe archdiocese covers much of the province south of Lake Winnipeg and east of the Red River It is a bilingual French and English archdiocese Saint Boniface is a city ward of Winnipeg that sits on the east side of the Red River and the area is a traditional home of Franco Manitobans As of 2021 the archdiocese contains 87 parishes chaplaincies and missions 59 diocesan priests 23 religious priests 5 seminarians and 135 309 Catholics It also has 143 Women Religious 8 Religious Brothers and 19 permanent deacons The archdiocese and the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg jointly operate a number of parochial schools in Winnipeg See also editList of Catholic dioceses in CanadaReferences edit Lemieux Lucien Provencher Joseph Norbert Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol 8 University of Toronto Universite Laval 2003 Catholic Mission of Saint Boniface Cathedral of Saint Boniface Morton William Memorable Manitobans Cuthbert James Grant 1793 1854 Manitoba Historical Society Pedersen Anne marie et al Grey Nuns The Canadian Encyclopedia July 25 2019 History Archdiocese of Saint Boniface Manitoba Morice Adrian Gabriel Saint Boniface The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 13 New York Robert Appleton Company 1913 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain The Catholic Church in Manitoba to 1916 Archdiocese of Winnipeg Girard David The Cathedrals of Saint Boniface Encyclopedia of French cultural Heritage in North AmericaSources Bibliography editHerbermann Charles ed 1913 Saint Boniface Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company Sources and external links editArchdiocese of St Boniface site Catholic Schools Commission Archdiocese of Saint Boniface page at catholichierarchy org retrieved July 14 2006 And the Desert Shall Bloom 200th Anniversary of the Catholic Church in Western Canada 49 53 22 N 97 07 26 W 49 8895 N 97 1238 W 49 8895 97 1238 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface amp oldid 1100250471, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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