Catholic ChurchinCanada |
Also known as: Canadá (Deutsch, español, Português), le Canada (français), Canada (Italiano, latine), Kanada (polski), 加拿大 (正體中文), カナダ (日本語)
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) (18)
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses) (1)
Roman Rite (59): Amos, Antigonish, Baie-Comeau, Bathurst, Calgary, Charlottetown, Chicoutimi, Churchill–Baie d’Hudson, Corner Brook and Labrador, Edmonton, Edmundston, Gaspé, Gatineau, Grand Falls, Grouard–McLennan, Halifax–Yarmouth, Hamilton, Hearst–Moosonee, Joliette, Kamloops, Keewatin–Le Pas, Kingston, London, Mackenzie–Fort Smith, Military Ordinariate of Canada, Moncton, Montréal, Nelson, Nicolet, Ottawa–Cornwall, Pembroke, Peterborough, Prince Albert, Prince George, Québec, Regina, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saint-Boniface, Saint Catharines, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean–Longueuil, Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier, Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Saint John, New Brunswick, Saint-Paul, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Saskatoon, Sault Sainte Marie, Sherbrooke, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Toronto, Trois-Rivières, Valleyfield, Vancouver, Victoria, Whitehorse, Winnipeg
Anglican Use (1): The Chair of Saint Peter
Armenian Church (1): Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale
Chaldean Church (1): Mar Addai of Toronto
Greek-Melkite Church (1): Saint-Sauveur de Montréal
Maronite Church (1): Saint-Maron de Montréal
Romanian Church (1): Saint George’s in Canton
Ruthenian Church (1): Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto
Syriac Church (1): Canada
Syro-Malabar Church (1): Mississauga
Syro-Malankar Church (1): Saint Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada
Ukrainian Church (5): Edmonton, New Westminster, Saskatoon, Toronto, Winnipeg
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Apostolic Nunciature: Canada
Conference of Bishops: Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (C.C.C.B.)
Thomas Christopher Collins (77)
Michael Czerny, S.J. (78)
Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. (67)
Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. (80)
Patron Saints: Saint Joseph, Saint Anne, Martyrs of Canada
Saints: 15 Saints, 11 Blesseds
Continent: North America
Capital: Ottawa
Area: 9,093,507 km²
Population: 35,623,680
Neighbouring Countries: ↗ Greenland , → Saint Pierre and Miquelon , ↓ USA
Religions: Catholic 39% (includes Roman Catholic 38.8%, other Catholic .2%), Protestant 20.3% (includes United Church 6.1%, Anglican 5%, Baptist 1.9%, Lutheran 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.5%, Presbyterian 1.4%, other Protestant 2.9%), Orthodox 1.6%, other Christian 6.3%, Muslim 3.2%, Hindu 1.5%, Sikh 1.4%, Buddhist 1.1%, Jewish 1%, other 0.6%, none 23.9%
Languages: English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5%
Ethnic Groups: Canadian 32.2%, English 19.8%, French 15.5%, Scottish 14.4%, Irish 13.8%, German 9.8%, Italian 4.5%, Chinese 4.5%, North American Indian 4.2%, other 50.9%
Motto: A mari usque ad mare (Latin) (From sea to sea)
Area: 9,970,610 km²
Catholic Population: 16,965,000 Catholics (44.4% of 38,246,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 3,868 parishes, 257 mission stations (17 with resident priest, 240 without resident priest), 291 other centres
Clergy: 137 bishops (63 diocesan, 74 titular), 6,027 priests (3,996 diocesan, 2,031 religious), 1,237 permanent deacons (1,233 diocesan, 4 religious)
Non-Clergy: 10,011 religious (947 brothers, 9,064 sisters), 303 members of secular institutes (17 brothers, 286 sisters), 351 major seminarians, 123 missionaries, 19,082 catechists
Last updated on 2024.11.11
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