Appointment: Chatlain to Keewatin-Le Pas, Canada

(Vatican Radio) Pope Benedict XVI has appointed bishop Murray Chatlain, Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Canada. He will take over from Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie who retired July last.

Archbishop Chatlain was formerly bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, and has been appointed Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of said diocese.

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 19 January 1963, Most Rev. Murray Chatlain was ordained to the priesthood in 1987. He served a number of parishes in the Diocese of Saskatoon before ministering in the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, in the parishes and missions of Black Lake, Fond-du-Lac, Stony Rapids, Uranium City, Camsell Portage and St. Patrick. Bishop Chatlain was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith on 23 June 2007.
The Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas includes parts of the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta and has the suffragan dioceses of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson, Labrador City-Schefferville, and the Moosonee.
As of 2004, the archdiocese contains 49 parishes, 6 active diocesan priests, 10 religious priests, and 42,000 Catholics. It also has 9 Women Religious, and 11 Religious Brothers.