Regions & Executive

CCYMN members are Canadian Catholic diocesan/eparchial youth ministry leaders who have been designated as such by their local bishops. The Executive is determined by CCYMN members and includes one representative from each region plus one representing Eastern Catholic Churches (i.e. eastern rite churches).

CCYMN Executive:

Christine Coyle
Chairperson
Family & Youth Specialist - Diocese of London, Ontario
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Braden Kuntz
Vice Chairperson 
Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry - Archdiocese of Regina, SK
Western Region Representative
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Debbie Plant
Treasurer
Regional Program Director - Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall, ON
Ontario Representative
[email protected]


Veronica Diestro
Member at Large
Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry - Archdiocese of Winnipeg
[email protected] 

Faye McCreedy
Member at Large
Coordinator, Youth Ministry and Events
Ministries and Outreach Office
Archdiocese of Vancouver
[email protected]

Terms & Definitions:

Dioceses and Archdioceses are ecclesiastical jurisdictions under the leadership of a Bishop or an Archbishop.

Eparchies and Archeparchies are ecclesiastical jurisdictions under the leadership of a Bishop or an Archbishop of an Eastern Catholic Church, also called Eparch or Archeparch.

The Military Ordinariate is the non-territorial diocese serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

Regions are geographical designations that follow those of the Canadian bishops: West (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut); Ontario; Quebec; and Atlantic (Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island).Faye McCreedy