Roman Catholic Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville was a Latin suffragan diocese that included part of the Canadian federal provinces of Newfoundland and Québec.
In 2007, the former cathedral of the diocese in Labrador City, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, was decreed as a minor basilica. It is now known as the Basilica of our Lady of Perpetual Help.
History
Source:- Established on 13 July 1945 as Apostolic Vicariate of Labrador, on property split off from Apostolic Vicariate of Golfe Saint-Laurent, Apostolic Vicariate of Hudson Bay and Diocese of Harbour Grace.
- Promoted on 13 July 1967 as Diocese of Labrador–Schefferville / Labradorensis–Schefferpolitana
- Renamed on 27 April 1987 as Diocese of Labrador City–Schefferville.
- The diocese was suppressed on 31 May 2007, with its territory being divided among the dioceses of Amos, Baie-Comeau, and the newly renamed Corner Brook and Labrador.
Diocesan ordinaries
;Apostolic Vicar of Labrador- Lionel Scheffer, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Titular Bishop of Isba.
- Henri Légaré, O.M.I., next metropolitan archbishop of Grouard–McLennan, also president of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops ; died 2004
- Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I., next coadjutor archbishop of Keewatin–Le Pas, succeeding as metropolitan archbishop of Keewatin–Le Pas, died 2015.
- Henri Goudreault, O.M.I., next metropolitan archbishop of Grouard–McLennan
- David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., next bishop of Saint George's, bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, bishop of Hamilton, also vice-president of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, president of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.