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CANADA


238


CANADA


Anne de la Pocatiere and the Assumption are con- ducted by ecclesiastics.

III. Present Conditions. — (1) Ecclesiastical Prov- inces. — Canada has eight ecclesiastical provinces: Que- bec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston, Halifax, St. Boniface, and Victoria. To each archiepiscopal see are attached as suffragans one or more episcopal sees or vicariates Apostolic. There are twenty-three bishopries and three vicariates Apostolic. Newfound-


preponderates the bishop acts in his own sphere, side by side with the civil authority but independently.

Bishoprics may form civil corporations, recog- nized by the State, and thus acquire, possess, or alienate property. The bishop enjoys complete liberty in the nomination to spiritual offices, the erection of parishes, the building of churches and parochial residences. As soon as a parish priest is named he is installed and enters upon his duties. No


ECCLESIASTICAL STATISTICS


Dioceses Vicariates Apostolic


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Quebec ■< Bishopric


376,000


190


87


15


24


227


243


80


22


4


f Archbishopric


Is 111












Three Rivers


1852


80,110


107


78


6


10


43


72


16


4


2


Rimouski


1867


111,200


124


72


3


7


81


117


28


3



Chicoutimi


1878


611.


108


17



9


54


62


12


2


2


Nicolet


1885


89,565


123



3


8


65


65


24




Gulf of St. Lawrence, Vic. Ap.


1905


9.650


1


19


2


2


12


29


1


1



Mo—^jiasau,


1836/

lSSI',1


397,624


470


199


IS


17


133


158


84


70


8


St. Hvacinthe


L8S2


115,000


189



9


10


73


69


52


9



Sherbrooke


1874


76,500


102




8


67


40


19


1


1


Valley field


1892


5.-I.2.-.9


85


12


3


6


36


40


19


4


1


Joliette


1904


60,842


91


18


4


7


40


48


21


11


1


°™™ ] A fetpric


18471

1S86 |


151,000


123


129


11


14


95


133


20


12


2


Pembroke


L898


48,956


40


16


1


4


30


82


4


4



T°K°H&tpnc


1841/

1870 f


65,000


54


39


3


4


48


88


19


8


1


Hamilton


1856


52,000


51


16


3


3


42


69


19



1


London


1855


f,i i.i ii in


66


18


1


4


51


78


16


3


1


Kincsto. ISKopric


1826 1 1889 1"


43,000


62




5


41


69


7


5



Peterborough


18S2


.'1, in in


26


3


1


1


21


43



1



Alexandria


1890


24,000


20




3


14


21


4


1



Sault Sainte Marie


1904


35,000


13


28


1


5


20


43



3



ti 1TtI . iY 1 Bishopric Halifax - ( Archbishopric


1842 1 1852 f


55,000


50


26


2


3


37


86


16



2


Charlottetown


1829


50,000


45




1


35


45


S


1


1


St. John


1842


58,000


40


23


2


3


38


93


9



1


Antieonisb


is It


75,000


100


8


1


4


66


95


19



1


Chatham


1860


66,000


65


26



5


54


77


13



1


St. Bo NI K ACE | Bishopry


1S47 '

1871 |


97,000


S3


129


10


9


9S


218


30


9


1


St. Albert


1871


52.000


19


71


5


10


45


85


12


7


1


Prince Albert.


1908


44,000


11


52


3


6


35


80


10


3



Athabaska. Vie. Ap.


1862


5,500



26


1


2


10


16





„ I Bishopric

Victoria -, Archb ' isho p ric


1847 / 1903 l"


14,500


14


6


2


1


13


24


4



1


New Westminster


1S90


22,000


4


33


1


5


18


38


4


5


1


Mackenzie and Yukon, Vic. Ap.


1901


12,000



21


1


2


13


16





St. John's, (Bishopric Newfoundland 1 Archbishopric


1847 / 1904 I


45.000


34



1


2


21


55


14


5


1


Harbour Grace


1856


32,000






20


60


5




Si I \& irge


1904


8,500


9




2


7


36


2




land, which has not yet joined the Dominion, has an archdiocese and two dioceses, and since 1904 has been an ecclesiastical province. The Catholic Church in Canada is immediately dependent on the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, and contains about 3500 priests and 2,400,000 faithful. On the death of a bishop his colleagues of the same ecclesiastical province send to Rome a list of three names, arranged in order of merit: dignissimtis, dignior, dignus, to- gether with a similar list left by the deceased prelate. if an archbishop, and it rests with the Holy See, after making inquiries, to name the bishop. It is different if during his lifetime the bishop is given a coadjutor cum futurti successione. The coadjutor is chosen by the bishop, who proposes his name to the Holy See. I In- bishop is completely independent of the State. As soon as he receives the Apostolic Bull he enters upon his functions without any civil formality. The faithful render him homage and obedience at once. In the Province of Quebec the local government ac- cords him recognition and grants him certain rights, e. g. a scat in the Superior Council of Public Instruc- tion. In the other provinces in which Protestantism


parish priest is irremovable, except in the cathedral parish at Quebec. In the Province of Quebec the par- ish priest keeps the civil registers of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, which are accepted by the court. Outside the Province of Quebec the civil register of births, marriages, and deaths is kept by a lay official of the provincial government. The parish priest sends him, once a month or oftener, the parish record of births, marriages, and deaths on a printed form provided for that purpose. In the Province of Quebec the parish priest named by the bishop has a right to tithes, and this right is recognized by t he civil authority. This tax tends to change from a tithe in kind to a tithe in money. Where tit lies do not exist the support of the priest is provided for by an annual contribution, either voluntary or prescribed by the bishop, or else by church collect ions. Missions, properly so called, are supported by the Association tor the Propagation of the Faith. Jn canonically es- tablished parishes a parochial council (Conseil de fa- made up of prominent citizens known as church- wardens (margutUiers) administer the church prop- erty, under the direction of the parish priest. Out-