Diocese of

Saint John, New Brunswick

Canada Canada

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint John, New Brunswick / Sancti Ioannis Canaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Moncton

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint Patrick (March 17)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 16 (1885)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: 1 Bayard Dr., Saint John, NB E2L 3L5, Canada

Phone: +1 (506) 653-6800

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.10.15 – ...):Bishop Christian Riesbeck, C.C. (54)Bishop Christian Riesbeck, C.C. (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint John, New Brunswick (Roman Rite)

Bishop Christian Riesbeck, C.C. (54)Bishop Christian Riesbeck, C.C. (54)
(2019.10.15 – ...)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Evangelii gaudium

Born:1970.02.07 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1996.10.12
Consecrated Bishop:2014.03.19

Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia (2014.01.07 – 2019.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada) (2014.01.07 – 2019.10.15)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (2019.10.15 – ...)

Bishop Robert Harris (80)Bishop Robert Harris (80)
(2007.05.08 – 2019.10.15)

Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

Ut serviam dilectus

Born:1944.09.26 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1969.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:2002.12.12

Priest of Montréal (Canada) (1969.05.24 – 2002.10.26)

Titular Bishop of Trofimiana (2002.10.26 – 2007.05.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada) (2002.10.26 – 2007.05.08)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (2007.05.08 – 2019.10.15)

Archbishop Martin William Currie (80)Bishop Martin William Currie (80) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.09.09 – 2007.05.08)

Bishop Joseph Faber MacDonald
(1998.10.23 – 2006.09.09)

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 Joseph Edward Troy
(1986.04.02 – 1997.09.24)

Born:1931.09.03 (Chatham, NB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1959.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1984.05.22
Died:2023.03.12 (Saint John, NB, Canada † 91)

Priest of Bathurst (Canada) (1959.05.28 – 1984.03.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1984.03.01 – 1986.04.02)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1986.04.02 – 1997.09.24)

Bishop Arthur Joseph Gilbert
(1974.04.03 – 1986.04.02)

Born:1915.10.26 (Panticton, BC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1943.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:1974.06.19
Died:1999.03.14 († 83)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1974.04.03 – 1986.04.02)

Bishop Joseph Neil MacNeil (later Archbishop)
(1969.04.09 – 1973.07.02)

Crescamus in Christum

Born:1924.04.15 (Sydney, NS, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1948.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:1969.06.24
Died:2018.02.11 (Edmonton, AB, Canada † 93)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1969.04.09 – 1973.07.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada) (1973.07.02 – 1999.06.07)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1979 – 1981)

Bishop Alfred Bertram Leverman
(1953.07.27 – 1968.09.07)

Æternum non caduca

Born:1903.09.13 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1932.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:1948.06.29
Died:1972.04.28 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Baris in Pisidia (1948.04.24 – 1953.07.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Halifax (Canada) (1948.04.24 – 1953.07.27)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1953.07.27 – 1968.09.07)

Titular Bishop of Altava (1968.09.07 – 1972.04.28)

Bishop Patrick Albert Bray, C.I.M.
(1936.03.18 – 1953.06.17)

Omnibus omnia factus

Born:1883.07.19 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1912.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1936.05.21
Died:1953.06.17 († 69)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1936.03.18 – 1953.06.17)

Bishop Edward Alfred Leblanc
(1924.11.15 – 1935.02.17)

In omnibus caritas

Born:1870.10.15 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1898.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1912.12.10
Died:1935.02.17 († 64)

Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada) (1912.08.02 – 1924.11.15)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1924.11.15 – 1935.02.17)

Bishops of Saint John in America (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edward Alfred Leblanc
(1912.08.02 – 1924.11.15)

(see above)

Bishop Timothy Casey (later Archbishop)
(1901.03.25 – 1912.08.02)

Dominus spes mea

Born:1862.02.20 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1886.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1900.02.11
Died:1931.10.05 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Uthina (1899.09.30 – 1901.03.25)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada) (1899.09.30 – 1901.03.25)

Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada) (1901.03.25 – 1912.08.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada) (1912.08.02 – 1931.10.05)

Bishop John Sweeny
(1859.11.09 – 1901.01)

Born:1821.05.06 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1844.09.01
Consecrated Bishop:1860.04.15
Died:1901.03.25 († 79)

Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada) (1859.11.09 – 1901.01)

Bishop Thomas Louis Connolly, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1852.05.04 – 1859.04.08)

Born:1814 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1838
Consecrated Bishop:1852.08.15
Died:1876.07.27 († 61)

Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada) (1852.05.04 – 1859.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1859.04.08 – 1876.07.27)

Bishop William Dollard
(1842.09.30 – 1851.08.20)

Born:1789.11.29 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1817.10.12
Consecrated Bishop:1843.06.11
Died:1851.08.20 († 61)

Bishop of Saint John in America (Canada) (1842.09.30 – 1851.08.20)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (93)

Portland in Maine (←), Edmundston (↖), Bathurst (↑), Moncton (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 60,000 km²

Population: 136,500 Catholics (40.0% of 341,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 30 missions

Personnel: 52 priests (41 diocesan, 11 religious), 1 deacon, 46 religious (11 brothers, 35 sisters), 2 seminarians

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