In a letter delivered to Archbishop Hart, Cardinal Ouellet acknowledged the desire of the faithful of the Diocese to maintain the institutional identity of the Diocese, “which has its own respectable history and traditions.”
While there are significant challenges facing the territory including that of a diminishing population and fewer priests, Cardinal Ouellet has advised "the determination of the future of the diocese will now be redirected along the way of canonical practice with the bishop and people of the diocese able together to carry things forward into the future."