Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough

Diocese of Peterborough

Dioecesis Peterboroughensis
Location
CountryCanada
Ecclesiastical provinceKingston
Population
- Catholics

100,000 (25.2%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJuly 11, 1882
CathedralSt. Peter-in-Chains
Patron saintSt. Peter & St. Patrick
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMost Rev. Daniel J. Miehm
Metropolitan ArchbishopMost Rev. Michael Mulhall
Vicar GeneralMsgr. Michael Heffernan
Website
peterboroughdiocese.org

The Diocese of Peterborough (Latin: Dioecesis Peterboroughensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario, Canada. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario.

Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains in Peterborough, Ontario. On March 10, 2017, Pope Francis named former Hamilton Auxiliary Bishop Daniel J. Miehm as the new Bishop of Peterborough.[1]

  1. ^ News, Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic. "Bishop Miehm eager to bring pastoral approach to Peterborough". www.catholicregister.org. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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