Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst (erected 18 April 1919, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 17 November 1920 and, further, as the Diocese of Hearst on 3 December 1938. An apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church established in missionary regions and countries that do not have a diocese. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more. The hope is that the region will generate sufficient numbers of Catholics for the Church to create a diocese.