Chancery

The Chancery Office looks after all that is linked to the Code of Canon Law. It is also responsible for the archives which ensure the memory of our particular Church of Saint Boniface.

The Chancery maintains the archdiocesan archives and acts, such as the acts of catholicity (baptism, confirmation, marriage, etc.), and can in certain cases issue certificates.

As the “keeper of the seals” of the Archdiocese, the Chancellor countersigns with the Archbishop all the essential archdiocesan documents, including decrees, orders, and nominations.

The Chancery also issues identity cards (celebrets) to the members of the clergy incardinated in the particular Church of Saint Boniface. It maintains files on priests, permanent deacons, and  religious communities present in the archdiocese.

The Chancery Office watches over the statutory archives of places of worship (parishes, chaplaincies, etc.). Every year, it compiles archdiocesan statistics for the Holy See and for the Canadian Catholic Church Directory.

Finally, the Chancellor accomplishes various other tasks as entrusted to him by the Archbishop.  

How to  obtain various certificates

The Chancery Office receives requests for baptism and marriage certificates, as well as for genealogical information. We recommend that individuals contact the parish directly for such requests. If you don’t know in which parish the sacrament was received, you will need to find this information in order to proceed.  It might well be available through the Centre du patrimoine of the St. Boniface Historical Society.  The Chancery can only produce a certificate when a parish has been closed and its registers are in our vault.

When someone requests a certificate for Church-related purposes, the fee at the Archdiocese is $15. However, when the certificate or information is needed for other purposes, the fee is $75. This fee pays for the research process, but does not guarantee results. Parishes may charge less.  Please contact Jeannine, the Chancery assistant, to request a certificate from a closed parish.

Papal Blessings

A request for an Apostolic (Papal) Blessing may be requested for significant events in the life of parish, of individuals and their families, such as:

• Baptism

• First Communion

• Confirmation

• Marriages and anniversaries of marriages (10th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 55th, 60th …)

• Priestly ordination (First Mass) and their anniversaries

• Religious profession and anniversaries (25th, 50th, 60th …)

• Ordination to the Permanent Diaconate

• Birthdays (18th, 70th, 80th, 90th, 100th,…)

• Dedication of new churches or special anniversaries in the life of parishes or shrines

• Anniversaries of Catholics groups and associations

• For volunteers and collaborators who have served for significant period of time in the offices of the diocese or parish

Please click here for the form and instructions on how to apply for an apostolic blessing.

The request should be sent to the Apostolic Nuntiatura at least forty-five days before the celebration.

Chancery

151, de la Cathédrale Avenue
Winnipeg MB R2H 0H6

Chancellor

Fr. Udoka Chris Nwosu

Telephone: 204-594-0262

Email: cnwosu@archsaintboniface.ca

Administrative Assistant

Jeannine Sorin

Telephone:  204-594-0262

Email: jsorin@archsaintboniface.ca

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