Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Canada
Diocese of Victoria Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver | |
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St. Andrew's Cathedral, Victoria, BC, Canada | |
Coat of Arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Vancouver |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 95,275 km2 (36,786 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 24, 1846 |
| Cathedral | St Andrew's Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Gary Gordon |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Richard W. Smith Archbishop of Vancouver |
| Website | |
| rcdvictoria.org | |
The Diocese of Victoria (Latin: Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its episcopal see is in Victoria. The diocese encompasses all of Vancouver Island and several nearby British Columbia islands. A suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver, the diocese's cathedral is St. Andrew's Cathedral and its present diocesan bishop is Gary Gordon.
This is the oldest Canadian diocese west of Toronto.