Former Diocese of

Yarmouth

Canada Canada

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Yarmouth / Yarmuthen(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Assumption of Mary (August 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 25 (1887)

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Yarmouth (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Anthony Mancini (78)Archbishop Anthony Mancini (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.10.18 – 2009.10.22)

Bishop Claude Champagne, O.M.I. (77)Bishop Claude Champagne, O.M.I. (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.07.13 – 2007.10.18)

Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (80)Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2002.01.24 – 2007.05.14)

Bishop James Matthew Wingle (78)Bishop James Matthew Wingle (78)
(1993.05.31 – 2001.11.09)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Veni Domine Jesu

Born:1946.09.23 (Eganville, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1977.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:1993.08.24

Priest of Pembroke (Canada) (1977.04.16 – 1993.05.31)

Bishop of Yarmouth (Canada) (1993.05.31 – 2001.11.09)

Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada) (2001.11.09 – 2010.04.07)

Bishop Austin-Emile Burke (later Archbishop)
(1968.02.01 – 1991.07.08)

In caritate crescamus

Born:1922.01.22 (Sluice Point, NS, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1950.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:1968.05.14
Died:2011.08.12 (Halifax, NS, Canada † 89)

Bishop of Yarmouth (Canada) (1968.02.01 – 1991.07.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1991.07.08 – 1998.01.13)

Bishop Albert Leménager
(1953.07.06 – 1967.08.17)

Born:1900.02.13 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1924.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:1953.08.31
Died:1967.08.17 († 67)

Bishop of Yarmouth (Canada) (1953.07.06 – 1967.08.17)

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