Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville

Historical Details

• Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 27 April 1987
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: Québec
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 906,500 (350,135 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Atlantic (Atlantique)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: Lab
  • Mailing Address: C.P. 545, 320 Avenue Elizabeth, Labrador City, Terre Neuve A2V 2L3, Canada
  • Telephone: (709)944-2046
  • Fax: 944-5798

• Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador
  • Latin Name: Labradorensis
  • Erected: 13 July 1945
  • Vicariate
  • Province: Québec
  • Country: Canada

• Diocese of Labrador-Schefferville
  • Latin Name: Labradorensis-Schefferpolitana
  • Elevated: 13 July 1967
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas
  • Province: Québec
  • Country: Canada

Past Ordinaries

• Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. † (14 Mar 1946 Appointed - 3 Oct 1966 Died)
• Henri Légaré, O.M.I. † (13 Jul 1967 Appointed - 21 Nov 1972 Appointed, Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta)
• Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I. † (9 May 1974 Appointed - 24 Jan 1986 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba)
• Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. † (27 Apr 1987 Appointed - 16 Jul 1996 Appointed, Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta)
• David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (24 Oct 1997 Appointed - 31 May 2007 Appointed, Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland)

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
Vicariate Apostolic of Labrador
1948	2,140	10,300	20.8%		10	10	214		18		4	ap1951
1966	10,700	35,000	30.6%		27	27	396		38	25	18	ap1967
Diocese of Labrador-Schefferville
1970	19,081	40,000	47.7%	1	26	27	706		36	28		ap1971
1976	21,459	46,829	45.8%		20	20	1,072		33	47		ap1977
1980	17,875	51,304	34.8%	1	21	22	812		31	44		ap1981
Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville
1990	14,264	47,940	29.8%	2	10	12	1,188		15	39	25	ap1991
1999	13,146	45,739	28.7%	1	9	10	1,314	1	11	17	25	ap2000
2000	14,330	46,365	30.9%		12	12	1,194		13	21	25	ap2001
2001	14,040	46,365	30.3%	1	13	14	1,002	1	14	21	25	ap2002
2002	14,040	46,365	30.3%	1	12	13	1,080	1	14	21	16	ap2003
2003	14,124	45,613	31.0%	1	11	12	1,177		13	23	24	ap2004
2004	14,542	43,924	33.1%	2	12	14	1,038	1	14	23	24	ap2005

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (Bishop: 24 Oct 1997 to 31 May 2007)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. † (Bishop: 27 Apr 1987 to 16 Jul 1996)
• Henri Légaré, O.M.I. † (Bishop: 13 Jul 1967 to 21 Nov 1972)
• Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. † (Vicar Apostolic: 14 Mar 1946 to 3 Oct 1966)
• Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I. † (Bishop: 9 May 1974 to 24 Jan 1986)

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