Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vancouveriensis | |
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The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | South West British Columbia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Vancouver |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 119,439 km2 (46,116 sq mi) |
| Population |
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 14 December 1863 |
| Cathedral | Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Richard W. Smith |
| Suffragans | Joseph Phuong Nguyen Bishop of Kamloops Gregory Bittman Bishop of Nelson Stephen Jensen Bishop of Prince George Gary Gordon Bishop of Victoria |
| Bishops emeritus | J. Michael Miller, CSB |
| Website | |
| rcav.org | |
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vancouveriensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin archdiocese that includes part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Holy Rosary Cathedral, dedicated to the diocesan patron saint Our Lady of the Rosary, in Vancouver, B.C.
The incumbent ordinary of the archdiocese is Richard W. Smith.