Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee

Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee

Dioecesis Hearstensis et Musonitana
Coat of Arms
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceOntario
Statistics
Area1,108,830 km2 (428,120 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2021)
  • 66,820
  • 26,520 (39.7%)
Parishes25
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3 December 1938
CathedralNotre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral
Secular priests20
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopPierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I.
Bishops emeritusVincent 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.