Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary


The Diocese of Calgary is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan of Edmonton.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary’s Cathedral, Calgary, Alberta.
It is currently led by Bishop William McGrattan.

History

Established on 1912.11.30 as Diocese of Calgary, Latin adjective Calgarien, on territory split off from the Diocese of Saint Albert.

Bishops

Diocesan ordinaries

;Suffragan Bishops of Calgary
It includes the Calgary Region, all of southern Alberta and the extreme lower half of the Alberta's Rockies region.
As per 2014 it pastorally served 538,000 Catholics on 110,500 km² in 69 parishes with 158 priests, 50 deacons, 166 lay religious and 10 seminarians.
The diocese contains 82+ parishes and missions specifically: 37 parishes in Calgary alone; of which, 10 are ethnic parishes, an additional university parish to serve the University of Calgary and 45+ parishes and missions designated for southern Alberta and the Rockies lower region. On December 3, 2017 Bishop McGrattan announced his intention to make Our Lady of the Rockies Parish in Canmore into a Diocesan Marian Shrine in the spring of 2019.
In 2006: 87 diocesan priests, 38 religious priests
427,200 Catholics.
110 women religious, 48 religious brothers and 30 permanent deacons make up the spiritual work force in Calgary not including the other regions.

Calgary city Parishes

Banff
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Beiseker
Blairmore
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Bow Island
Brocket
Brooks
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Canmore
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Carstairs
Chestermere
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Claresholm
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Cluny
Coaldale
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Cochrane
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Drumheller
Fort Macleod
Hanna
High River
Lethbridge
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Medicine Hat
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Milk River
Okotoks
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Oyen
Picture Butte
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Pincher Creek
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Rockyford
Siksika Nation
Standoff
Strathmore
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Taber
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Vauxhall
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