Diocese of Prince Albert, Canada 🇨🇦

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Prince Albert (English) / Prince-Albert (français) / Principis Alberten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Regina

Neighbouring Dioceses: Edmonton (←), Saint-Paul (↖), Keewatin–Le Pas (↗), Regina (↘), Winnipeg (↘), Saskatoon (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus (moveable)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 15 (1980)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1891.06.04: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan / Saskatchevanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface and became suffragan of Saint-Boniface)
1907.12.02: Promoted as Diocese of Prince Albert (English) / Prince-Albert (français) / Principis Alberten(sis) (Latin)
1910.03.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin
1915.12.04: Became suffragan of Regina
1921.04.30: Renamed as Diocese of Prince Albert–Saskatoon (English) / Prince-Albert–Saskatoon (français) / Principis Alberten(sis) et Saskatoonen(sis) (Latin)
1921.05.06: Lost territory to establish Territorial Abbacy of Saint Peter–Muenster
1933.06.09: Renamed as Diocese of Prince Albert (English) / Prince-Albert (français) / Principis Alberten(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin and lost territory to establish Diocese of Saskatoon)

Contact Info

Address: 1415 - 4th Avenue West, Prince Albert, SK S6V 5H1, Canada

Phone: +1 (306) 922-4747

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.05.28 – ...):

Bishop Kenneth Reid Thorson, O.M.I. (59)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Prince Albert (Roman Rite)

Bishop Kenneth Reid Thorson, O.M.I. (59)
(2026.05.28 – ...)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada)

Born:	1966.09.19 (Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1999.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2026.08.22

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (2026.05.28 – ...)

Bishop Stephen Andrew Hero (56) (later Archbishop)
(2021.03.25 – 2025.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada)

Deus solo

Born:	1969.12.19 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	2000.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.06.11

Priest of Edmonton (Canada) (2000.06.29 – 2021.03.25)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (2021.03.25 – 2025.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada) (2025.11.21 – ...)

Bishop Albert Thévenot, M. Afr.
(2008.05.26 – 2021.03.25)

ut vitam habeant

Born:	1945.11.06 (Treherne, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1980.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.08.06
Died:	2025.04.13 (Prince Albert, SK, Canada † 79)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (2008.05.26 – 2021.03.25)

Bishop Blaise-Ernest Morand (93)
(1983.04.09 – 2008.05.26)

Bishop emeritus of Prince Albert (Canada)

Dum spiro spero

Born:	1932.09.12 (Tecumseh, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.06.29

Priest of London (Canada) (1958.03.22 – 1981.04.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (1981.04.22 – 1983.04.09)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (1983.04.09 – 2008.05.26)

Bishop Laurent Morin
(1959.02.28 – 1983.04.09)

Born:	1908.02.14 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1934.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.10.30
Died:	1996.12.31 († 88)

Priest of Montréal (Canada) (1934.05.24 – 1955.09.08)

Titular Bishop of Arsamosata (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (1959.02.28 – 1983.04.09)

Bishop Léo Blais
(1952.07.04 – 1959.02.28)

Born:	1904.04.28 (Dollar Bay, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1930.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.08.28
Died:	1991.01.21 (Montréal, QC, Canada † 86)

Priest of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1930.06.14 – 1952.07.04)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (1952.07.04 – 1959.02.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1959.03.18 – 1971.05.11)

Titular Bishop of Hieron (1959.03.18 – 1991.01.21)

Bishop Reginald Duprat, O.P.
(1938.03.17 – 1952.06.29)

Libere recta

Born:	1877.08.28 (Beauharnois, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1904.02.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.05.31
Died:	1954.02.13 († 76)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (1938.03.17 – 1952.06.29)

Titular Bishop of Tremithus (1952.06.29 – 1954.02.13)

Bishop Joseph-Henri-Jean-Marie Prud’homme
(1933.06.09 – 1937.01.29)

Ut sint unum

Born:	1882.09.09 (St. Boniface, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1904.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.10.28
Died:	1952.01.05 († 69)

Bishop of Prince Albert–Saskatoon (Canada) (1921.06.16 – 1933.06.09)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (1933.06.09 – 1937.01.29)

Titular Bishop of Saldæ (1937.01.29 – 1952.01.05)

Bishops of Prince Albert–Saskatoon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Henri-Jean-Marie Prud’homme
(1921.06.16 – 1933.06.09)

(see above)

Bishops of Prince Albert (Roman Rite)

Bishop Albert Pascal, O.M.I.
(1907.12.02 – 1920.07.12)

In verbo autem laxabo rete

Born:	1848.08.03 (Saint-Genès-de-Beauzon, France)
Ordained Priest:	1873.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1891.06.28
Died:	1920.07.12 (Prince Albert, AB, Canada † 71)

Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis (1891.06.02 – 1907.12.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Saskatchewan (Canada) (1891.06.02 – 1907.12.02)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (1907.12.02 – 1920.07.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Saskatchewan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Albert Pascal, O.M.I.
(1891.06.02 – 1907.12.02)

(see above)