Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina

Archdiocese of Regina Archidioecesis Reginatensis
Holy Rosary Cathedral
Coat of Arms
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Saskatchewan
Deaneries	9
Statistics
Area	155,000 km2 (60,000 sq mi)
Population - Catholics	124,000 (30.5%)
Parishes	158
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1911
Cathedral	Holy Rosary Cathedral
Co-cathedral	Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral, Gravelbourg
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Donald Bolen
Suffragans	Prince Albert, Saskatoon
Vicar General	Lorne Crozon, Brian Meredith
Judicial Vicar	Thomas Nguyen
Map
Map of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina
Website
archregina.sk.ca

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina (Latin: Archidioecesis Reginatensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese comprising the southern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, as far north as the 30th township, or about 51°30' lat. The metropolitan province includes the suffragan dioceses of Prince Albert and Saskatoon. The seat of the diocese is in the city of Regina.

The Diocese of Regina was established on March 4, 1910, with Olivier Elzéar Mathieu as its first bishop. Only five years later, on December 4, 1915, Pope Benedict XV raised the diocese to an archdiocese. Its current archbishop, Donald Bolen, and staff now serve nearly 124,000 parishioners living in 158 parishes and missions scattered over more than 155,000 square kilometres in southern Saskatchewan. The archdiocese includes 9 deaneries.

Construction on the diocese's Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina extended from 1912 to 1917 and was dedicated to Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary in November 1913. This extraordinary Romanesque building was built with an interior large enough to welcome parishioners and clergy from across southern Saskatchewan for special Masses, ordinations, funerals, weddings, and installations of archbishops.

In 1998, the former Diocese of Gravelbourg was merged with the archdiocese, with its former cathedral now designated Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral.

Bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Regina and their terms of service:

• Olivier Elzéar Mathieu (1911–1929)
• James Charles McGuigan (1930–1934), appointed Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario (Cardinal in 1946)
• Peter Joseph Monahan (1935–1947)
• Michael Cornelius O'Neill (1947–1973)
• Charles Aimé Halpin (1973–1994)
• Peter Joseph Mallon (1995–2005)
• Daniel Bohan (2005–2016)
• Donald Bolen (2016–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• James Vernon Weisgerber, appointed Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1996

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Regina". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

External links

• Official website