Diocese of

Saskatoon

Canada

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saskatoon / Saskatoonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Regina

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul of Tarsus (June 29), Saint Joseph (March 19)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 13 (2012), August 6 (1911) (St. Paul), October 2 (1910) (St. Peter)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1933.06.09: Established as Diocese of Saskatoon / Saskatoonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Prince Albert–Saskatoon and became suffragan of Regina)
1998.09.14: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Regina and gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Gravelbourg and Territorial Abbacy of Saint Peter–Muenster

Contact Info

Address: 100 - 5th Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2N7, Canada

Phone: +1 (306) 242-1500

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.09.12 – ...):

Bishop Mark Hagemoen (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saskatoon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mark Hagemoen (62)
(2017.09.12 – ...)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada)

Pax servitus spes

Born:	1961.09.04 (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.12.15

Priest of Vancouver (Canada) (1990.05.12 – 2013.10.15)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2006 – 2013.10.15)

Bishop of Mackenzie–Fort Smith (Canada) (2013.10.15 – 2017.09.12)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (2017.09.12 – ...)

Bishop Donald Joseph Bolen (63) (later Archbishop)
(2009.12.21 – 2016.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada)

Mercy within mercy within mercy

Born:	1961.02.07 (Gravelbourg, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1991.10.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.03.25

Priest of Regina (Canada) (1991.10.12 – 2009.12.21)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (2009.12.21 – 2016.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada) (2016.07.11 – ...)

Bishop Albert François LeGatt (71) (later Archbishop)
(2001.07.26 – 2009.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Born:	1953.05.06 (Melfort, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1983.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.10.05

Priest of Prince Albert (Canada) (1983.06.09 – 2001.07.26)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (2001.07.26 – 2009.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (2009.07.03 – ...)

Bishop James Vernon Weisgerber (86) (later Archbishop)
(1996.03.07 – 2000.06.07)

Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg (Canada)

The Lord keeps faith forever

Born:	1938.05.01 (Vibank, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.05.03

Priest of Regina (Canada) (1963.06.01 – 1996.03.07)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1996.03.07 – 2000.06.07)

Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (2000.06.07 – 2013.10.28)

Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2005 – 2007.10)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007.10 – 2009.10.23)

Bishop James Patrick Mahoney
(1967.09.20 – 1995.03.02)

Born:	1927.12.07 (Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1952.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.12.13
Died:	1995.03.02 († 67)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1967.09.20 – 1995.03.02)

Bishop Francis Joseph Klein
(1952.02.28 – 1967.02.25)

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 Philip Francis Pocock (later Archbishop)
(1944.04.07 – 1951.08.06)

Plenitudo legis dilectio

Born:	1906.07.02 (St. Thomas, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1930.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.06.29
Died:	1984.09.06 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 78)

Priest of London (Canada) (1930.06.14 – 1944.04.07)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1944.04.07 – 1951.08.06)

Titular Archbishop of Aprus (1951.08.06 – 1952.01.14)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1951.08.06 – 1952.01.14)

Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1952.01.14 – 1961.02.18)

Titular Archbishop of Isauropolis (1961.02.18 – 1971.03.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1961.02.18 – 1971.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1971.03.30 – 1978.04.27)

Bishop Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1934.04.18 – 1944.01.08)

Serviendo guberno

Born:	1885.12.26 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1910.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.05.07
Died:	1951.06.03 († 65)

Bishop of Victoria (Canada) (1930.01.30 – 1934.04.18)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1934.04.18 – 1944.01.08)

Titular Archbishop of Bizya (1944.01.08 – 1951.06.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1944.01.08 – 1951.06.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Family, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Co-Cathedral: Co-Cathedral of St. Paul, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Co-Cathedral: Co-Cathedral of St. Peter, Muenster, Saskatchewan
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (98)

Calgary (↙), Edmonton (↖), Prince Albert (↑), Regina (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 75,107 km²

Population: 96,315 Catholics (23.3% of 413,714 total)

Pastoral Centres: 94 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 73 priests (48 diocesan, 25 religious), 4 deacons, 125 religious (32 brothers, 93 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.05.15

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