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Diocese of
CHURCHILL-HUDSON BAY-NUNAVUT

CANADIAN ARCTIC - KATULIMMIUTAIT UPPIQATIGIIKTUT NUNAVUMMITUT PIQUTIGIJANGIT ᓄᓇᕗᑦ

  1. Our Church Community

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  2. Welcome to the North

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  3. World Youth Day 2016 - Poland

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  4. Cathedral of the Diocese

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  5. Inuit Culture

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Who We Are

About the Diocese

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Our office is located in Churchill, Manitoba . Our current bishop is Anthony Krótki . Our diocese has 17 parishes and missions, with a Catholic population of approximately 9000, served by two diocesan priests, five religious priests and two sisters of Canadian Congregations, one permanent deacon, one religious brother and three pastoral agents.

Nunavut Territory

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The Diocese of Churchill - Hudson Bay covers most of the Nunavut territory. With the exception of its capital (Churchill is in the Province of Manitoba) all other parishes of the diocese are located in Nunavut. Nunavut is the youngest Canadian territory, officially proclaimed on April 1st 1999. It includes most of the Canadian Arctic and is inhabited by Inuit. Its capital is Iqaluit on Baffin Island. More about Nunavut can be found at www.gov.nu.ca .