Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke

Diocese of Pembroke Dioecesis Pontiacensis
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Ontario
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4 May 1898
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Website
diocesepembroke.ca

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke (Latin: Dioecesis Pontiacensis) (erected 11 July 1882, as the Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. It was elevated as the Diocese of Pembroke on 4 May 1898. Pembroke is very much a conservative diocese like most in Ontario.^{[citation needed]}

Ordinaries

• Narcisse Zéphirin Lorrain (1882 - 1915)
• Patrick Thomas Ryan (1916 - 1937)
• Charles Leo Nelligan (1937 - 1945)
• William Joseph Smith (1945 - 1971)
• Joseph Raymond Windle (1971 - 1993)
• Brendan Michael O'Brien (1993 - 2000)
• Richard William Smith (2002 - 2007)
• Michael Mulhall (2007- )

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1908		Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming

External links and references

• Catholic Diocese of Pembroke official site
• "Diocese of Pembroke". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpemb.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13. 

•  "Diocese of Pembroke". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.