Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Gravelbourg, Diocese of

GRAVELBOURG, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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GRAVELBOURG, DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese in Canada, erected on 31 Jan. 1930 by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Universa Christi fidelium cura.

The diocese extends over 19,695 sq km; it has 126,000 inhabitants, of whom 18,500 are Catholics, distributed in 36 parishes, 28 missions with chapels and 9 without chapels, served by 42 diocesan priests and 27 regulars; two male religious communities and 11 female ones (1949). The diocese is a suffragan of Regina; the Cathedral is dedicated to St. Philomena.

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BIBL.: AAS, 22 (1930), pp. 309-11; Le Canada ecclésiastique, 1949, Montréal 1949, pp. 551-56.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), coll. 1011–1012.

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Josi, Enrico. “Gravelbourg, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, coll. 1011–1012. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/gravelbourg-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Gravelbourg, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 1011–1012. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gravelbourg-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec6_gravelbourg_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Gravelbourg, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1011--1012},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gravelbourg-diocesi-di}
}

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