Diocese of Saint Catharines, Canada 🇨🇦

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint Catharines / Sanctæ Catharinæ in Ontario (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Toronto

Neighbouring Dioceses: London (←), Hamilton (↖), Buffalo (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Catherine of Alexandria (November 25)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 26 (1988)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1958.11.22: Established as Diocese of Saint Catharines / Sanctæ Catharinæ in Ontario (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto and Diocese of Hamilton and became suffragan of Toronto)

Contact Info

Address: Catholic Centre, P.O. Box 875, Saint Catharines, ON L2R 6Y3, Canada

Phone: +1 (905) 684-0154

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.09.14 – ...):

Bishop Gerard Paul Bergie (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Catharines (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerard Paul Bergie (67)
(2010.09.14 – ...)

Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada)

Mane nobiscum Domine

Born:	1959.01.04 (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.08.24

Priest of Hamilton (Canada) (1984.05.12 – 2005.07.11)

Titular Bishop of Tabæ (2005.07.11 – 2010.09.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (2005.07.11 – 2010.09.14)

Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada) (2010.09.14 – ...)

Bishop James Matthew Wingle (79)
(2001.11.09 – 2010.04.07)

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 John Aloysius O’Mara
(1994.02.02 – 2001.11.09)

Born:	1924.11.17 (Buffalo, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.06.29
Died:	2022.02.16 (Saint Catharines, ON, Canada † 97)

Priest of Toronto (Canada) (1951.06.01 – 1976.05.24)

Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada) (1976.05.24 – 1994.02.02)

Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada) (1994.02.02 – 2001.11.09)

Bishop Thomas Benjamin Fulton
(1978.07.07 – 1994.02.02)

Servant of Jesus Christ

Born:	1918.01.13 (St. Catharines, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1941.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.01.06
Died:	2002.11.11 (Fort Erie, ON, Canada † 84)

Domestic Prelate (1955.01.30 – 1968.12.28)

Titular Bishop of Korčula (1968.12.28 – 1978.07.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (1968.12.28 – 1978.07.07)

Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada) (1978.07.07 – 1994.02.02)

Bishop Thomas Joseph McCarthy
(1958.11.09 – 1978.07.07)

Illuminabit te Christus

Born:	1905.10.04 (Goderich, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1929.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.08.01
Died:	1986.11.15 († 81)

Bishop of Nelson (Canada) (1955.05.05 – 1958.11.09)

Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada) (1958.11.09 – 1978.07.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Catharines, Ontario
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (50)

London (←), Hamilton (↖), Buffalo (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,158 km²

Population: 187,000 Catholics (35.3% of 529,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 45 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 80 priests (49 diocesan, 31 religious), 17 deacons, 61 religious (34 brothers, 27 sisters), 3 seminarians