Diocese of Calgary, Canada

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Calgary / Calgarien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Edmonton

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 11 (1957)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1912.11.30: Established as Diocese of Calgary / Calgarien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Saint Albert and became suffragan of Edmonton)

Contact Info

Address: Catholic Pastoral Centre, Room 290, The Iona Building, 120-17th Avenue S.W., Calgary, AB T2S 2T2, Canada, Canada

Phone: +1 (403) 218-5529

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.01.04 – ...):

Bishop William Terrence McGrattan (68)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishops of Calgary (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Terrence McGrattan (68)
(2017.01.04 – ...)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada)
President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

Habe fiduciam in Domino

Born:	1956.09.19 (London, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1987.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.01.12

Priest of London (Canada) (1987.05.02 – 2009.11.06)

Titular Bishop of Furnos minor (2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (2009.11.06 – 2014.04.08)

Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) (2014.04.08 – 2017.01.04)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (2017.01.04 – ...)

Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2021.09.27 – 2023.09.28)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2023.09.28 – ...)

Bishop Frederick Bernard Henry (81)
(1998.01.19 – 2017.01.04)

Bishop emeritus of Calgary (Canada)

Dabo vobis pastores

Born:	1943.04.11 (London, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1968.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.06.24

Priest of London (Canada) (1968.05.25 – 1986.04.18)

Titular Bishop of Carinola (1986.04.18 – 1995.03.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada) (1986.04.18 – 1995.03.24)

Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada) (1995.03.24 – 1998.01.19)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (1998.01.19 – 2017.01.04)

Bishop Paul John O’Byrne
(1968.06.20 – 1998.01.19)

Witness among men

Born:	1922.12.21 (Calgary, AB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1948.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.08.22
Died:	2004.09.02 († 81)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (1968.06.20 – 1998.01.19)

Bishop Francis Joseph Klein
(1967.02.25 – 1968.02.03)

Born:	1911.08.06 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1934.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.04.30
Died:	1968.02.03 († 56)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1952.02.28 – 1967.02.25)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (1967.02.25 – 1968.02.03)

Bishop Francis Patrick Carroll
(1935.12.19 – 1966.12.28)

Mane nobiscum Domine

Born:	1890.07.07 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1917.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.02.19
Died:	1967.02.25 († 76)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (1935.12.19 – 1966.12.28)

Titular Bishop of Horrea (1966.12.28 – 1967.02.25)

Bishop Peter Joseph Monahan (later Archbishop)
(1932.06.10 – 1935.06.26)

Tu mecum es

Born:	1888.05.04 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1909.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.08.10
Died:	1947.05.06 († 59)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (1932.06.10 – 1935.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada) (1935.06.26 – 1947.05.06)

Bishop John Thomas Kidd
(1925.02.06 – 1931.07.03)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1868.08.28 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1902.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.05.06
Died:	1950.06.02 († 81)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (1925.02.06 – 1931.07.03)

Bishop of London (Canada) (1931.07.03 – 1950.06.02)

Bishop John Thomas McNally (later Archbishop)
(1913.04.04 – 1924.08.12)

Te rectore Domine te duce

Born:	1871.06.24 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1896.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.06.01
Died:	1952.11.18 († 81)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (1913.04.04 – 1924.08.12)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1924.08.12 – 1937.02.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1937.02.17 – 1952.11.18)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (later Archbishop) (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Calgary, Alberta
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (86)

Nelson (↙), Edmonton (↑), Saskatoon (↗), Regina (→), Great Falls–Billings (↘), Helena (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 110,500 km²

Population: 630,160 Catholics (36.8% of 1,710,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes

Personnel: 146 priests (103 diocesan, 43 religious), 47 deacons, 98 religious (44 brothers, 54 sisters), 9 seminarians