Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls

History

• Established on 1856.02.29 as Diocese of Harbour Grace / Portus Gratiæ on territory split off from the Archdiocese of St. John's.
• Lost territories repeatedly: on 1870.09.16 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Placentia and on 1945.07.13 to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Labrador.
• It was renamed as the Diocese of Harbour Grace-Grand Falls on 22 February 1958 and again as the Diocese of Grand Falls on 30 October 1964.

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Bishops

Ordinaries

• John Dalton; Friars Minor
• Enrico Carfagnini, O.F.M., next Bishop of Gallipoli , emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Cius
• Ronald MacDonald, emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Gortyna
• John March
• John Michael O'Neill

• John Michael O'Neill, died 1974
• Alphonsus Liguori Penney, next Metropolitan Archbishop of St. John's, Newfoundland
• Joseph Faber MacDonald, next Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick ; died 2012
• Martin William Currie, also Apostolic Administrator of Saint John, New Brunswick , Metropolitan Archbishop of St. John's, Newfoundland
• Robert Anthony Daniels, previously Titular Bishop of Scebatiana as Auxiliary Bishop of London .

  Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Brian Joseph Dunn, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in 2008