CANADA
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CANADA
Anne de la Pocatiere and the Assumption are con-
ducted by ecclesiastics.
III. Present Conditions. — (1) Ecclesiastical Prov- inces. — Canada has eight ecclesiastical provinces: Que- bec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston, Halifax, St. Boniface, and Victoria. To each archiepiscopal see are attached as suffragans one or more episcopal sees or vicariates Apostolic. There are twenty-three bishopries and three vicariates Apostolic. Newfound-
preponderates the bishop acts in his own sphere, side
by side with the civil authority but independently.
Bishoprics may form civil corporations, recog- nized by the State, and thus acquire, possess, or alienate property. The bishop enjoys complete liberty in the nomination to spiritual offices, the erection of parishes, the building of churches and parochial residences. As soon as a parish priest is named he is installed and enters upon his duties. No
ECCLESIASTICAL STATISTICS
Dioceses
Vicariates Apostolic
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I Vic. Ap.
1657 )
1674 -
Quebec ■< Bishopric
376,000
190
87
15
24
227
243
80
22
4
f Archbishopric
Is 111
Three Rivers
1852
80,110
107
78
6
10
43
72
16
4
2
Rimouski
1867
111,200
124
72
3
7
81
117
28
3
Chicoutimi
1878
611.
108
17
9
54
62
12
2
2
Nicolet
1885
89,565
123
3
8
65
65
24
Gulf of St. Lawrence, Vic. Ap.
1905
9.650
1
19
2
2
12
29
1
1
Mo—^jiasau,
1836/
lSSI',1
397,624
470
199
IS
17
133
158
84
70
8
St. Hvacinthe
L8S2
115,000
189
9
10
73
69
52
9
Sherbrooke
1874
76,500
102
8
67
40
19
1
1
Valley field
1892
5.-I.2.-.9
85
12
3
6
36
40
19
4
1
Joliette
1904
60,842
91
18
4
7
40
48
21
11
1
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18471
1S86 |
151,000
123
129
11
14
95
133
20
12
2
Pembroke
L898
48,956
40
16
1
4
30
82
4
4
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1841/
1870 f
65,000
54
39
3
4
48
88
19
8
1
Hamilton
1856
52,000
51
16
3
3
42
69
19
1
London
1855
f,i i.i ii in
66
18
1
4
51
78
16
3
1
Kincsto. ISKopric
1826 1
1889 1"
43,000
62
5
41
69
7
5
Peterborough
18S2
.'1, in in
26
3
1
1
21
43
1
Alexandria
1890
24,000
20
3
14
21
4
1
Sault Sainte Marie
1904
35,000
13
28
1
5
20
43
3
ti 1TtI . iY 1 Bishopric
Halifax - ( Archbishopric
1842 1
1852 f
55,000
50
26
2
3
37
86
16
2
Charlottetown
1829
50,000
45
1
35
45
S
1
1
St. John
1842
58,000
40
23
2
3
38
93
9
1
Antieonisb
is It
75,000
100
8
1
4
66
95
19
1
Chatham
1860
66,000
65
26
5
54
77
13
1
St. Bo NI K ACE | Bishopry
1S47 '
1871 |
97,000
S3
129
10
9
9S
218
30
9
1
St. Albert
1871
52.000
19
71
5
10
45
85
12
7
1
Prince Albert.
1908
44,000
11
52
3
6
35
80
10
3
Athabaska. Vie. Ap.
1862
5,500
26
1
2
10
16
„ I Bishopric
Victoria -, Archb ' isho p ric
1847 /
1903 l"
14,500
14
6
2
1
13
24
4
1
New Westminster
1S90
22,000
4
33
1
5
18
38
4
5
1
Mackenzie and Yukon, Vic. Ap.
1901
12,000
21
1
2
13
16
St. John's, (Bishopric
Newfoundland 1 Archbishopric
1847 /
1904 I
45.000
34
1
2
21
55
14
5
1
Harbour Grace
1856
32,000
20
60
5
Si I \& irge
1904
8,500
9
2
7
36
2
land, which has not yet joined the Dominion, has an
archdiocese and two dioceses, and since 1904 has
been an ecclesiastical province. The Catholic Church
in Canada is immediately dependent on the Sacred
Congregation of the Propaganda, and contains about
3500 priests and 2,400,000 faithful. On the death
of a bishop his colleagues of the same ecclesiastical
province send to Rome a list of three names, arranged
in order of merit: dignissimtis, dignior, dignus, to-
gether with a similar list left by the deceased prelate.
if an archbishop, and it rests with the Holy See, after
making inquiries, to name the bishop. It is different
if during his lifetime the bishop is given a coadjutor
cum futurti successione. The coadjutor is chosen by
the bishop, who proposes his name to the Holy See.
I In- bishop is completely independent of the State.
As soon as he receives the Apostolic Bull he enters
upon his functions without any civil formality. The
faithful render him homage and obedience at once.
In the Province of Quebec the local government ac-
cords him recognition and grants him certain rights,
e. g. a scat in the Superior Council of Public Instruc-
tion. In the other provinces in which Protestantism
parish priest is irremovable, except in the cathedral
parish at Quebec. In the Province of Quebec the par-
ish priest keeps the civil registers of baptisms,
marriages, and deaths, which are accepted by the
court. Outside the Province of Quebec the civil
register of births, marriages, and deaths is kept
by a lay official of the provincial government. The
parish priest sends him, once a month or oftener, the
parish record of births, marriages, and deaths on a
printed form provided for that purpose. In the
Province of Quebec the parish priest named by the
bishop has a right to tithes, and this right is recognized
by t he civil authority. This tax tends to change from
a tithe in kind to a tithe in money. Where tit lies do
not exist the support of the priest is provided for by
an annual contribution, either voluntary or prescribed
by the bishop, or else by church collect ions. Missions,
properly so called, are supported by the Association
tor the Propagation of the Faith. Jn canonically es-
tablished parishes a parochial council (Conseil de fa-
made up of prominent citizens known as church-
wardens (margutUiers) administer the church prop-
erty, under the direction of the parish priest. Out-
