Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth

Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth Archidioecesis Halifaxiensis-Yarmuthensis
Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Halifax
Location
Country	Canada
Territory	Central Nova Scotia
Ecclesiastical province	Halifax-Yarmouth
Metropolitan	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Statistics
Area	21,770 km2 (8,410 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 733,300 207,900 (28.4%)
Parishes	71
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	February 15, 1842
Cathedral	St. Mary's Basilica, Halifax
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Anthony Mancini
Website
www.halifaxyarmouth.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth (Latin: Archidioecesis Halifaxiensis-Yarmuthensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the civil province of Nova Scotia.

Its cathedral is a minor basilica: St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its current diocesan ordinary is Archbishop Anthony Mancini.

On territory originally a part of the Diocese of Quebec, including the whole of Nova Scotia, the future diocese of Halifax, was established on 4 September 1817 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Nova Scotia, a pre-diocesan jurisdiction entitled to a titular bishop and exempt, i.e., directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

It was promoted to a bishopric on 15 February 1842 and on 22 September 1844 lost territory to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arichat, now its suffragan.

In 1852, Halifax was elevated to an archdiocese.

It lost territory twice more: on 19 February 1953 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Bermuda Islands and on 6 July 1953 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth.

It enjoyed a papal visit from Pope John Paul II in September 1984.

In December 2011, the Diocese of Yarmouth was merged back into the Archdiocese of Halifax, creating the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth., which was renamed by absorbing its title. The former cathedral became the St. Ambrose Co-Cathedral, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

The Archdiocese of Halifax covers 21,770 square kilometers. As of 2006, the archdiocese contained 53 parishes, 64 active diocesan priests, 16 religious priests, and 161,125 Catholics. It also had 243 women religious, 17 religious brothers, and 28 permanent deacons.