Cathedral of the Holy Canadian Martyrs (Churchill)

Canada / Manitoba / Thompson / Churchill / La Verendrye,, 242
 cathedral, church, Roman Catholic church

Cathedral and Presbytery and Diocesan Center
Diocese of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson
n July 15, 1925, the mission to the Inuit gained certain independence, with the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture of Hudson Bay. In 1931 the territory of the Prefecture was set up as an Apostolic Vicariate of which Arsène Turquetil became the first bishop (consacrated in 1932).
The present bishop, Reynald Rouleau O.M.I. was appointed as the head of the Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay in 1987
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Coordinates:   58°46'13"N   94°10'0"W
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