Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Apostolic vicariates

Hudson Bay, Apostolic Vicariate of

BAIA DI HUDSON, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI

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HUDSON BAY, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - This vicariate is entrusted to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The mission to the Eskimos was begun in 1912; erected as an apostolic prefecture on July 15, 1925, by the dismemberment of the apostolic vicariates of Keewatin, Gulf of St. Lawrence and Mackenzie, it was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on Dec. 21, 1931.

Eskimo population 8,050, Catholics 1,075, stations 14, priests 24, lay brothers 5, sisters 6. There is a hospital with 30 beds run since 1931 by the "Soeurs Grises" of Montréal.

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BIBL.: Guido delle Missioni Cattoliche, Rome [1935], p. 283; A. G. Morice, Mgr. Turqueuil, apôtre des Esquimaux et le miracle de ses missions, Winnipeg 1935; MC, pp. 27-28; J. Patoine, in L'Apostolat des Oblats de Marie, special issue 1940, pp. 53-7; Archivio di Prop. Fide, Prospectus status missionis, Sept. 13, 1948, posiz. n. prot. 4156/48.

Giovanni Pietsch

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 699.

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Pietsch, Giovanni. “Baia di Hudson, vicariato apostolico di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 699. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/baia-di-hudson-vicariato-apostolico-di.

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Pietsch, Giovanni. “Baia di Hudson, vicariato apostolico di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 699. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/baia-di-hudson-vicariato-apostolico-di.

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  author    = {Pietsch, Giovanni},
  title     = {Baia di Hudson, vicariato apostolico di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  pages     = {699},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
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