HAMILTON, Diocese of. - City and diocese in Canada (North America). This locality was erected into a diocese on 17 February 1856, by splitting off from the archdiocese of Toronto, of which it is a suffragan, and it comprises the counties of Brant, Bruce, Grey, Haldimand, Malton, Wellington, Wentworth and part of the county of Dufferin, all in the province of Ontario.

The first bishop was J. Farrell (1820-73). In the diocese there are 68 churches with a resident priest, 35 missions with a church, 1 seminary, 3 orphanages, 3 hospitals, 3 colleges and 81 Catholic schools. The care of souls is entrusted to 102 diocesan priests and 56 religious (Basilians of Toronto, Jesuits, Resurrectionists). The Congregation of the Resurrectionists directs St. Jerome's College in Kitchener. The total population numbers 505,951 inhabitants, while Catholics number 64,847. The territory of the diocese is 9,000 sq km.

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BIBL.: Archivio della S. Congr. de Prop. Fide, Acta S. C. de Prop. Fide, 219 (1855), foll. 489-490; Le Canada ecclésiastique, Montréal 1950, pp. 223-34; The Ontario Catholic year book and directory, Toronto 1950, see index.

Gastone Carrière

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