Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth

Historical Details

• Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia
  • Erected: 4 July 1817
  • Vicariate
  • Province: Nova Scotia
  • Country: Canada

• Diocese of Halifax
  • Latin Name: Halifaxiensis
  • Erected: 15 February 1842
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Québec
  • Province: Nova Scotia
  • Country: Canada

• Archdiocese of Halifax
  • Latin Name: Halifaxiensis
  • Elevated: 4 May 1852
  • Metropolitan See
  • Province: Nova Scotia
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 21,770 (8,408 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Atlantic (Atlantique)

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Edmund Burke † (4 Jul 1817 Appointed - 29 Nov 1820 Died)
• Denis Lyons † (24 Aug 1824 Appointed - 19 Oct 1824 Resigned)
• William Fraser (Frazer) † (3 Jun 1825 Appointed - 27 Sep 1844 Appointed, Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia)
• William Walsh † (27 Sep 1844 Succeeded - 10 Aug 1858 Died)
• Thomas Louis Connolly, O.F.M. Cap. † (8 Apr 1859 Appointed - 27 Jul 1876 Died)
• Michael Hannan † (16 Feb 1877 Appointed - 17 Apr 1882 Died)
• Cornelius O’Brien † (1 Dec 1882 Appointed - 10 Mar 1906 Died)
• Edward Joseph McCarthy † (27 Jun 1906 Appointed - 26 Jan 1931 Died)
• Thomas O’Donnell † (26 Jan 1931 Succeeded - 13 Jan 1936 Died)
• John Thomas McNally † (17 Feb 1937 Appointed - 18 Nov 1952 Died)
• Joseph Gerald Berry † (28 Nov 1953 Appointed - 12 May 1967 Died)
• James Martin Hayes (22 Jun 1967 Appointed - 6 Nov 1990 Resigned)
• Austin-Emile Burke † (8 Jul 1991 Appointed - 13 Jan 1998 Retired)
• Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (30 Jun 1998 Appointed - 14 May 2007 Appointed, Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario)
• Anthony Mancini (18 Oct 2007 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Halifax
1950	83,500	462,000	18.1%	97	52	149	560		26	865	62	ap1951
1966	88,000	375,000	23.5%	86	40	126	698		45	800	49	ap1967
1968	120,000	450,000	26.7%	90	45	135	888		47	580	50	ap1971
1976	112,040	414,663	27.0%	75	25	100	1,120	3	26	440	47	ap1977
1980	107,800	401,000	26.9%	73	29	102	1,056	6	32	440	51	ap1981
1990	140,640	496,800	28.3%	72	26	98	1,435	23	27	382	53	ap1991
1999	155,000	658,170	23.6%	64	21	85	1,823	26	22	304	53	ap2000
2000	155,000	634,100	24.4%	64	20	84	1,845	26	21	292	53	ap2001
2001	155,000	517,833	29.9%	63	21	84	1,845	25	23	287	53	ap2002
2002	155,000	517,833	29.9%	69	22	91	1,703	25	24	290	54	ap2003
2003	155,000	540,922	28.7%	58	25	83	1,867	24	27	209	54	ap2004
2004	155,000	540,821	28.7%	60	23	83	1,867	24	25	264	52	ap2005
2006	161,125	564,583	28.5%	64	16	80	2,014	28	17	243	53	ap2007
Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth
2010	207,900	733,300	28.4%	76	19	95	2,188	34	20	214	71	ap2011

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Claude Champagne, O.M.I. (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Mar 2003; Apostolic Administrator: 13 Jul 2007 to 18 Oct 2007)
• Martin William Currie (Priest: 12 May 1968 to 12 Dec 2000)
• James Martin Hayes (Priest: 15 Jun 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Feb 1965; Archbishop: 22 Jun 1967 to 6 Nov 1990)
• Anthony Mancini (Archbishop: 18 Oct 2007 - )
• Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (Archbishop: 30 Jun 1998 to 14 May 2007)
• Richard William Smith (Priest: 23 May 1987 to 27 Apr 2002)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Joseph Gerald Berry † (Archbishop: 28 Nov 1953 to 12 May 1967)
• Austin-Emile Burke † (Priest: 25 Mar 1950 to 1 Feb 1968; Archbishop: 8 Jul 1991 to 13 Jan 1998)
• Edmund Burke † (Vicar Apostolic: 4 Jul 1817 to 29 Nov 1820)
• Colin Campbell † (Priest: 26 May 1956 to 12 Dec 1986)
• Thomas Louis Connolly, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 8 Apr 1859 to 27 Jul 1876)
• William Fraser (Frazer) † (Vicar Apostolic: 3 Jun 1825; Bishop: 15 Feb 1842 to 27 Sep 1844)
• Michael Hannan † (Archbishop: 16 Feb 1877 to 17 Apr 1882)
• Alfred Bertram Leverman † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Apr 1948 to 27 Jul 1953)
• Denis Lyons † (Vicar Apostolic: 24 Aug 1824 to 19 Oct 1824)
• Thomas Maguire † (Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: 1 Oct 1819 - Did Not Take Effect)
• Edward Joseph McCarthy † (Priest: 9 Jul 1874; Archbishop: 27 Jun 1906 to 26 Jan 1931)
• John Thomas McNally † (Archbishop: 17 Feb 1937 to 18 Nov 1952)
• Cornelius O’Brien † (Archbishop: 1 Dec 1882 to 10 Mar 1906)
• Thomas O’Donnell † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 27 May 1929; Archbishop: 26 Jan 1931 to 13 Jan 1936)
• William Walsh † (Coadjutor Bishop: 15 Feb 1842; Bishop: 27 Sep 1844; Archbishop: 4 May 1852 to 10 Aug 1858)