Canada's bishops.Hearst, ON -- The Bishop of Moosonee. Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I., 67, has also been appointed Bishop of Hearst, ON, by the Holy Father. The diocese of Hearst lies just south of Moosonee which, in turn, covers the East and West side of the Southern part of Hudson Bay Hudson Bay, inland sea of North America, c.475,000 sq mi (1,230,000 sq km), c.850 mi (1,370 km) long and c.650 mi (1,050 km) wide, E central Canada. Hudson Bay and James Bay (its southern extension) and all their islands border Nunavut Territory, Manitoba, Ontario, . Hearst has 28,000 Catholics served by 22 priests, two permanent deacons and seven Sisters. Moosonee, larger than Hearst in territory, has only 4,000 Catholics, three Oblate ob·late 1 adj. 1. Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis. 2. priests, and half a dozen deacons, brothers and sisters. The previous bishop of Hearst, Andre Vallee, 77, retired last year. Halifax, NS -- Auxiliary Bishop
He studied violin with Albert Chamberland, and piano with R.O. Pelletier. In 1921 he went straight to Paris to study music. has been appointed administrator of the combined dioceses of Halifax and Yarmouth, until a new Archbishop is appointed. Former Halifax Archbishop Terrence Prendergast Terrence Thomas Prendergast (born 19 February 1944) is a Canadian Archbishop and Chancellor of Saint Mary's University, Halifax. A native of Montreal, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1961 and was ordained a priest in 1972. , S.J. took over has Archbishop of Ottawa in July. Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Matthew Ustrzycki, 75, has retired. The former bishop of Prince George, B.C., Hubert O'Connor, 79, who retired in 1991, has died. |
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