Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan

Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan Archidioecesis Gruardensis–McLennanpolitanus
The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan
Location
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwestern part of the Province of Alberta
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Grouard–McLennan
Metropolitan	McLennan, Alberta
Statistics
Area	223,596 km2 (86,331 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	112,986 47,899 (42.4%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 8, 1862
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Patron saint	Saint Martin of Tours
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan
Website
archgm.ca

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan (Latin: Archidioecesis Gruardensis–McLennanpolitanus) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada and the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province for the Roman Catholic Church in northwestern Canada.

The archbishop is the Most Reverend Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R.. As archbishop, Pettipas also serves as pastor of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, the mother church and episcopal see of the archdiocese.

The Metropolitan has two suffragans :

The Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan was erected on April 8, 1862 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie, on territory split off from the Diocese of Saint-Boniface. A month later on May 8, 1862, Henri Faraud, O.M.I. was appointed as Apostolic Vicar. Bishop Faraud served until March 20, 1890 when he resigned. He was succeeded by Émile Grouard, O.M.I. who was appointed Apostolic Vicar on October 18, 1890. Bishop Faraud and later Bishop Grouard were assisted by Isidore Clut, O.M.I. who was appointed Auxiliary Bishop on August 3, 1864 and who served until his death on July 9, 1903.