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CANADA

Anne de la Pocatiere and the Assumption are con- ducted by ecclesiastics.

III. Present Conditions. — (1) Ecclesiastical Prov- inces. — Canada has eight ecclesiastical provinces: Que- bec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston, Halifax, St. Boniface, and Victoria. To each archiepiscopal see are attached as suffragans one or more episcopal sees or vicariates Apostolic. There are twenty-three bishopries and three vicariates Apostolic. Newfound-

preponderates the bishop acts in his own sphere, side by side with the civil authority but independently.

Bishoprics may form civil corporations, recog- nized by the State, and thus acquire, possess, or alienate property. The bishop enjoys complete liberty in the nomination to spiritual offices, the erection of parishes, the building of churches and parochial residences. As soon as a parish priest is named he is installed and enters upon his duties. No

ECCLESIASTICAL STATISTICS

Dioceses Vicariates Apostolic

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II

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II

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I Vic. Ap.

1657 ) 1674 -

Quebec ■< Bishopric

376,000

190

87

15

24

227

243

80

22

4

f Archbishopric

Is 111

Three Rivers

1852

80,110

107

78

6

10

43

72

16

4

2

Rimouski

1867

111,200

124

72

3

7

81

117

28

3

Chicoutimi

1878

611.

108

17

9

54

62

12

2

2

Nicolet

1885

89,565

123

3

8

65

65

24

Gulf of St. Lawrence, Vic. Ap.

1905

9.650

1

19

2

2

12

29

1

1

Mo—^jiasau,

1836/

lSSI',1

397,624

470

199

IS

17

133

158

84

70

8

St. Hvacinthe

L8S2

115,000

189

9

10

73

69

52

9

Sherbrooke

1874

76,500

102

8

67

40

19

1

1

Valley field

1892

5.-I.2.-.9

85

12

3

6

36

40

19

4

1

Joliette

1904

60,842

91

18

4

7

40

48

21

11

1

°™™ ] A fetpric

18471

1S86 |

151,000

123

129

11

14

95

133

20

12

2

Pembroke

L898

48,956

40

16

1

4

30

82

4

4

T°K°H&tpnc

1841/

1870 f

65,000

54

39

3

4

48

88

19

8

1

Hamilton

1856

52,000

51

16

3

3

42

69

19

1

London

1855

f,i i.i ii in

66

18

1

4

51

78

16

3

1

Kincsto. ISKopric

1826 1 1889 1"

43,000

62

5

41

69

7

5

Peterborough

18S2

.'1, in in

26

3

1

1

21

43

1

Alexandria

1890

24,000

20

3

14

21

4

1

Sault Sainte Marie

1904

35,000

13

28

1

5

20

43

3

ti 1TtI. iY 1 Bishopric Halifax - ( Archbishopric

1842 1 1852 f

55,000

50

26

2

3

37

86

16

2

Charlottetown

1829

50,000

45

1

35

45

S

1

1

St. John

1842

58,000

40

23

2

3

38

93

9

1

Antieonisb

is It

75,000

100

8

1

4

66

95

19

1

Chatham

1860

66,000

65

26

5

54

77

13

1

St. Bo NI K ACE | Bishopry

1S47 '

1871 |

97,000

S3

129

10

9

9S

218

30

9

1

St. Albert

1871

52.000

19

71

5

10

45

85

12

7

1

Prince Albert.

1908

44,000

11

52

3

6

35

80

10

3

Athabaska. Vie. Ap.

1862

5,500

26

1

2

10

16

„ I Bishopric

Victoria -, Archb ' isho p ric

1847 / 1903 l"

14,500

14

6

2

1

13

24

4

1

New Westminster

1S90

22,000

4

33

1

5

18

38

4

5

1

Mackenzie and Yukon, Vic. Ap.

1901

12,000

21

1

2

13

16

St. John's, (Bishopric Newfoundland 1 Archbishopric

1847 / 1904 I

45.000

34

1

2

21

55

14

5

1

Harbour Grace

1856

32,000

20

60

5

Si I \& irge

1904

8,500

9

2

7

36

2

land, which has not yet joined the Dominion, has an archdiocese and two dioceses, and since 1904 has been an ecclesiastical province. The Catholic Church in Canada is immediately dependent on the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, and contains about 3500 priests and 2,400,000 faithful. On the death of a bishop his colleagues of the same ecclesiastical province send to Rome a list of three names, arranged in order of merit: dignissimtis, dignior, dignus, to- gether with a similar list left by the deceased prelate. if an archbishop, and it rests with the Holy See, after making inquiries, to name the bishop. It is different if during his lifetime the bishop is given a coadjutor cum futurti successione. The coadjutor is chosen by the bishop, who proposes his name to the Holy See. I In- bishop is completely independent of the State. As soon as he receives the Apostolic Bull he enters upon his functions without any civil formality. The faithful render him homage and obedience at once. In the Province of Quebec the local government ac- cords him recognition and grants him certain rights, e. g. a scat in the Superior Council of Public Instruc- tion. In the other provinces in which Protestantism

parish priest is irremovable, except in the cathedral parish at Quebec. In the Province of Quebec the par- ish priest keeps the civil registers of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, which are accepted by the court. Outside the Province of Quebec the civil register of births, marriages, and deaths is kept by a lay official of the provincial government. The parish priest sends him, once a month or oftener, the parish record of births, marriages, and deaths on a printed form provided for that purpose. In the Province of Quebec the parish priest named by the bishop has a right to tithes, and this right is recognized by t he civil authority. This tax tends to change from a tithe in kind to a tithe in money. Where tit lies do not exist the support of the priest is provided for by an annual contribution, either voluntary or prescribed by the bishop, or else by church collect ions. Missions, properly so called, are supported by the Association tor the Propagation of the Faith. Jn canonically es- tablished parishes a parochial council (Conseil de fa- made up of prominent citizens known as church- wardens (margutUiers) administer the church prop- erty, under the direction of the parish priest. Out-