Diocese of Grand Falls, Canada 🇨🇦

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Grand Falls / Grandfallen(sis) (Latin) / Grandicataracten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint John’s, Newfoundland

Neighbouring Dioceses: Corner Brook and Labrador (←), Saint John’s, Newfoundland (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 30 (1965)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1856.02.29: Established as Diocese of Harbour Grace / Portus Gratiæ (Latin) (from Diocese of Newfoundland and without ecclesiastical province)
1870.09.16: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Placentia
1904.02.08: Became suffragan of Saint John’s, Newfoundland
1945.07.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Labrador
1958.02.22: Renamed as Diocese of Harbour Grace–Grand Falls / Portus Gratiæ–Grandfallen(sis) (Latin)
1964.10.30: Renamed as Diocese of Grand Falls / Grandfallen(sis) (Latin) / Grandicataracten(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 8A Church St., P.O. Box 771, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL A2A 2M4, Canada

Phone: +1 (709) 489-2778

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.03.01 – ...):

Bishop Robert Anthony Daniels (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Grand Falls (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Anthony Daniels (68)
(2011.03.01 – ...)

Bishop of Grand Falls (Canada)

Duc in altum

Born:	1957.06.18 (Windsor, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1983.05.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.11.09

Priest of London (Canada) (1983.05.07 – 2004.09.21)

Titular Bishop of Scebatiana (2004.09.21 – 2011.03.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada) (2004.09.21 – 2011.03.01)

Bishop of Grand Falls (Canada) (2011.03.01 – ...)

Archbishop Martin William Currie (82)
(2000.12.12 – 2011.03.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

Dominus fortitudo sperantium

Born:	1943.12.11 (Marinette, NS, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1968.05.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.01.31

Priest of Halifax (Canada) (1968.05.12 – 2000.12.12)

Bishop of Grand Falls (Canada) (2000.12.12 – 2011.03.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (2006.09.09 – 2007.05.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (2007.10.18 – 2018.12.12)

Bishop Joseph Faber MacDonald
(1980.01.11 – 1998.10.23)

Jesus Christus est et Dominus

Born:	1932.01.20 (Little Pond, PE, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.03.19
Died:	2012.02.17 († 80)

Bishop of Grand Falls (Canada) (1980.01.11 – 1998.10.23)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1998.10.23 – 2006.09.09)

Bishop Alphonsus Liguori Penney (later Archbishop)
(1972.11.23 – 1979.04.05)

Born:	1924.09.17 (St. John’s, NL, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.01.18
Died:	2017.12.12 (St. John’s, NL, Canada † 93)

Bishop of Grand Falls (Canada) (1972.11.23 – 1979.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (1979.04.05 – 1991.02.02)

Bishop John Michael O’Neill
(1958.02.22 – 1972.11.23)

Born:	1903.10.26 (Harbour Grace, NL, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1927.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.07.07
Died:	1974.03.02 († 70)

Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada) (1940.06.08 – 1958.02.22)

Bishop of Grand Falls (Canada) (1958.02.22 – 1972.11.23)

Bishops of Harbour Grace (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Michael O’Neill
(1940.06.08 – 1958.02.22)

(see above)

Bishop John March
(1906.09.04 – 1940.01.12)

Born:	1863.07.14 (Northern Bay, NL, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1899.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.11.04
Died:	1940.01.12 († 76)

Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada) (1906.09.04 – 1940.01.12)

Bishop Ronald MacDonald (later Archbishop)
(1881.05.24 – 1906.09.03)

Born:	1835.06.02 (Malignant Brook, NS, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1859.10.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.08.21
Died:	1912.09.17 (Montréal, QC, Canada † 77)

Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada) (1881.05.24 – 1906.09.03)

Titular Archbishop of Gortyna (1906.09.03 – 1912.09.17)

Bishop Enrico Carfagnini, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1870.05.13 – 1880.02.27)

Born:	1823.03.23 (Scanno, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1846.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1870.05.22
Died:	1904.02.12 (Aversa, Italy † 80)

Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada) (1870.05.13 – 1880.02.27)

Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy) (1880.02.27 – 1898.03.24)

Titular Archbishop of Cius (1898.03.24 – 1904.02.12)

Bishop John Dalton, O.F.M.
(1856.02.29 – 1869.05.05)

Born:	1819 (Thurles, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1847
Consecrated Bishop:	1856.05.25
Died:	1869.05.05 (Harbour Grace, NL, Canada † 49)

Bishop of Harbour Grace (Canada) (1856.02.29 – 1869.05.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador
Former Cathedral (now secular): Former Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador

Churches by City (69)

Corner Brook and Labrador (←), Saint John’s, Newfoundland (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 42,368 km²

Population: 45,800 Catholics (20.8% of 220,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 28 missions

Personnel: 24 priests (19 diocesan, 5 religious), 8 religious (5 brothers, 3 sisters)