Halifax-Yarmouth (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Brian Joseph Dunn, Archbishop
Anthony Mancini, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
United: 22 October 2009
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Province: Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
Square Kilometers: 34,055 (13,153 Square Miles)
Description: Queens, Lunenburg, Halifax, Hants, Cumberland, and Colchester Counties plus Yarmouth, Shelburne, Digby, Annapolis, and Kings Counties.
Conference Region: Atlantic (Atlantique)
Catholic Directory Abbreviation: Hal
Official Web Site: https://www.halifaxyarmouth.org/
Mailing Address: 1559 Brunswick St., Suite 101, Halifax, NS B2J 2G1, Canada; 65 Green Street, Yarmouth NS B5A 1Z6, Canada
Telephone: (902)429-9800; 742-7163
Fax: 423-5201; 425-0997

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 - 27 Nov 2020 Retired)
Brian Joseph Dunn (27 Nov 2020 Succeeded - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia
4 July 1817	Erected	Diocese of Québec	Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia (erected)
4 September 1829	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Québec (Cape Breton)	Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia
Diocese of Halifax
15 February 1842	Erected	Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia	Diocese of Halifax (erected) (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)
22 September 1844	Territory Lost	Diocese of Halifax (Counties of Cape Breton, Victoria, Inverness, and Richmond on Cape Breton Island, and the Counties of Guysborough, Antigonish, and Pictou on the mainland)	Diocese of Arichat (erected)
Archdiocese of Halifax
4 May 1852	Elevated	Diocese of Halifax	Archdiocese of Halifax
19 February 1953	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Halifax (Bermuda Islands)	Prefecture Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (erected)
6 July 1953	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Halifax (Kings, Annapolis, Bigby, Yarmouth, and Shelburne)	Diocese of Yarmouth (erected)
Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth
22 October 2009	United	Archdiocese of Halifax Diocese of Yarmouth	Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth

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

2013 197,200 733,000 26.9% 70 17 87 2,266 37 17 172 69 ap2014

2016 202,390 757,224 26.7% 62 15 77 2,628 43 15 135 66 ap2017

2019 209,900 785,300 26.7% 62 12 74 2,836 43 12 95 66 ap2020

2021 215,880 807,605 26.7% 58 7 65 3,321 41 7 87 66 ap2022

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
2013	197,200	733,000	26.9%	70	17	87	2,266	37	17	172	69	ap2014
2016	202,390	757,224	26.7%	62	15	77	2,628	43	15	135	66	ap2017
2019	209,900	785,300	26.7%	62	12	74	2,836	43	12	95	66	ap2020
2021	215,880	807,605	26.7%	58	7	65	3,321	41	7	87	66	ap2022

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 to 5 Jan 2009; Apostolic Administrator: 13 Jul 2007 to 29 Nov 2007)
Martin William Currie (Priest: 12 May 1968 to 12 Dec 2000; Apostolic Administrator: 13 Jan 1998 to 14 Sep 1998)
Brian Joseph Dunn (Coadjutor Archbishop: 13 Apr 2019; Archbishop: 27 Nov 2020)
Ernest Léger
Anthony Mancini (Archbishop: 18 Oct 2007 to 27 Nov 2020)
Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (Archbishop: 30 Jun 1998 to 14 May 2007)
Richard William Smith (Priest: 23 May 1987 to 27 Apr 2002)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Joseph Gerald Berry † (Archbishop: 28 Nov 1953 to 12 May 1967)
Daniel Joseph Bohan †
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)
John Cameron †
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 † (Priest: 27 Apr 1845; Archbishop: 16 Feb 1877 to 17 Apr 1882)
James Martin Hayes † (Priest: 15 Jun 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Feb 1965 to 22 Jun 1967; Apostolic Administrator: 21 Jan 1966; Archbishop: 22 Jun 1967 to 6 Nov 1990)
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)