Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough

Established on 25 January 1874 as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Canada, on territory split off from the Diocese of Kingston in Ontario, the Diocese of Peterborough was first established July 11, 1882 by Pope Leo XIII. == Statistics and extent ==

As per 2014, it pastorally served 61,700 Catholics (13.8% of 447,000 total) on 25,900 km2 in 40 parishes and a mission with 69 priests (56 diocesan, 13 religious), 8 deacons, 92 lay religious (13 brothers, 79 sisters) and 2 seminarians. As of 2006, the diocese contained 88,741 Catholics in 43 parishes, 104 priests, 9 religious priests, 101 Women Religious and 12 deacons. The Diocese of Peterborough includes the Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts, the counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, and Victoria, that portion of the Regional District of Durham which formally was the County of Durham and five townships of the County of Haliburton. ==Bishops==

(all Roman Rite) ;Apostolic Vicar of Northern Canada • Jean-François Jamot (born France) (3 February 1874 - 11 July 1882 see below), Titular Bishop of Sarepta (1874.02.03 – 1882.07.11) ;Suffragan Bishops of Peterborough • Jean-François Jamot (see above 11 July 1882 - death 4 May 1886) • Thomas Joseph Dowling (14 December 1886 - 11 January 1889) • Richard Alphonsus O’Connor (born Ireland) (11 January 1889 - death 23 January 1913) • Richard Michael Joseph O'Brien (20 June 1913 - 17 May 1929) • Dennis P. O'Connor (30 January 1930 - death 30 August 1942) • John Roderick MacDonald (5 June 1943 - 14 April 1945) • Joseph Gerald Berry (7 April 1945 - 28 November 1953) • Benjamin Ibberson Webster (born England) (24 April 1954 - retired 12 March 1968) • Francis Anthony Marrocco (10 June 1968 – death 18 July 1975) • James Leonard Doyle (24 May 1976 – retired 28 December 2002), died 2004 • Nicola De Angelis (born Italy) (28 December 2002 – retired April 2014) • William Terrence McGrattan (April 2014 – 4 January 2017) • Daniel J. Miehm (10 March 2017 – 21 April 2026) Other priests of this diocese who became bishops • David Joseph Scollard, appointed Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in 1904 • Michael Mulhall, appointed Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario in 2007 == See also ==

• Diocese of Peterborough website • GCatholic, with Google map and satellite photo - data for all sections • Diocese of Peterborough page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved August 2, 2006 • the Catholic Encyclopedia