Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver

Archdiocese of Vancouver Archidioecesis Vancouveriensis
The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver
Location
Country	Canada
Territory	South West British Columbia
Ecclesiastical province	Vancouver
Statistics
Area	119,439 km2 (46,116 sq mi)
Population - Catholics	477,792 (17.8%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	14 December 1863
Cathedral	Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	John Michael Miller, CSB
Suffragans	David John James Monroe Bishop of Kamloops John Dennis Corriveau Bishop of Nelson Stephen Jensen Bishop of Prince George Richard Joseph Gagnon Bishop of Victoria
Website
rcav.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver (Latin: Archidioecesis Vancouveriensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin archdiocese that includes part of the federal Province of British Columbia.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Holy Rosary Cathedral, dedicated to the diocesan Patron Saint Our Lady of the Rosary, in Vancouver, B.C.

The incumbent Ordinary of the archdiocese is Archbishop John Michael Miller, Congregation of St. Basil (C.S.B.).

The Archbishopric of Vancouver is the Metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Vancouver, which also includes as suffragan dioceses :

As per 2014, it pastorally served 430,000 Catholics (15.3% of 2,809,153 total) on 119,439 km². As of December 2015, the archdiocese contained 76 parishes, seven missions, 110 diocesan priests, 106 religious priests, and approximately 407,000 baptized Catholics. It also has 107 female religious, 19 male religious, and 17 permanent deacons. There are 51 Catholic schools.

On 24 July 1846, the Diocese of Vancouver Island was erected on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Oregon (based in the US Oregon Territory; now Diocese of Victoria).

On 14 December 1863, the Apostolic Vicariate of British Columbia was erected on territory split off from the Diocese of Vancouver Island). A French priest, by the name Louis-Joseph D'Herbomez, from the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, became the first Vicar Apostolic of the newly formed territory. He was soon ordained Titular Bishop of Miletopolis in 1864 and served the Catholic community until his death in 1890.