Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton
Archdiocese of Edmonton Archidioecesis Edmontonensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Edmonton |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 81,151 km2 (31,333 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 116 |
| Schools | 10 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1912-11-30 |
| Cathedral | St. Joseph's Basilica |
| Secular priests | 70 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Sede vacante |
| Apostolic Administrator | Richard W. Smith |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| caedm.ca | |
The Archdiocese of Edmonton (Latin: Archidioecesis Edmontonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese in the Canadian civil province of Alberta and the seat of its archbishop is at St. Joseph Cathedral, a minor basilica in Edmonton. The Archdiocese of Edmonton is the metropolitan see of its ecclesiastical province, which also contains two suffragan dioceses: the Dioceses of Calgary and Saint Paul in Alberta.
From 2007 to 2025, Bishop Richard W. Smith served as the Archbishop of Edmonton, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. On Saturday, July 14, 2012, an official news release from Vatican Information Service (VIS), an arm of the Holy See Press Office, stated that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Gregory Bittman, who until then had been serving as the Judicial Vicar and as Archdiocesan Chancellor, as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Edmonton and Titular Bishop of Caltadria. On February 6, 2018, Pope Francis appointed him the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson in southeastern British Columbia. He left the Archdiocese of Edmonton and took possession of the Diocese of Nelson on April 25 that same year. Archbishop Smith was appointed Archbishop of Vancouver on February 25, 2025. He will continue to serve as the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese until his installation in Vancouver.