Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee
Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee Dioecesis Hearstensis et Musonitana | |
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Coat of Arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ontario |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,108,830 km2 (428,120 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 25 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3 December 1938 |
| Cathedral | Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 20 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. |
| Bishops emeritus | Vincent Cadieux, OMI Robert Bourgon |
The Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee (Latin: Dioecesis Hearstensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario. The diocese was erected on 3 December 2018 through the unification of the Diocese of Hearst and the Diocese of Moosonee. The Diocese of Hearst evolved from the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario erected on 18 April 1919. The Diocese of Hearst–Moonosee is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.