Archdiocese of Keewatin it Not

The archdiocese of Keewatin it Not , in the Canadian provinces of the Manitoba, the Saskatchewan and the Ontario, was canonically set up the July 13rd 1967 by the pope Paul VI.

Its archbishop is Mgr Sylvain Lavoie and its highly skilled archbishop is Mgr Peter Alfred Sutton. The prelate sits at the Cathédrale of the Step to the Step with the Manitoba.

Before being high with the statute of archdiocese, this diocese had been set up in apostolic Vicariat by Saint Pie X the March 4th 1910, with the Archidiocèse of Saint-Boniface like subway. The July 15th 1925, it must yield territory to create the apostolic Préfecture of Hudson Bay.

This diocese of Latin Rite has a surface of 430.000 km ². There are 42.000 catholics in this diocese, that is to say 38,4% of the total population. There were only 6.000 faithful diocesans in 1965.

16 priests carry their ministry in 49 parishes and there is twenty monk in this diocese. The Amerindians are three times more at being baptized catholic than the Métis and the Blancs individually.

The Oblats of Marie-Immaculate are present for a very long time in Keewatin. It is of this community that all the bishops come.

Apostolic vicars and Archbishops

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