Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal


































































Archdiocese of Montréal
Archidioecesis Marianopolitanus
Archidiocèse de Montréal

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Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral

Location
Country
Canada
Territory
Montréal and environs
Ecclesiastical province
Archdiocese of Montréal
Metropolitan
Montréal, Quebec
Population
- Catholics


1,600,000 (67.9%)
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
May 13, 1836
Cathedral
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Patron saint
St. Mary
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Archbishop

Christian Lépine


Archbishop of Montréal
Auxiliary Bishops
Thomas Dowd, Alain Faubert
Website

diocesemontreal.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal (Latin: Archdioecesis Marianopolitana) is a Latin rite Metropolitan archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec.




Contents






  • 1 Cathedrals


  • 2 History


  • 3 Statistics


  • 4 Ecclesiastical province


  • 5 Diocesan Ordinaries


    • 5.1 Auxiliary episcopate




  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 Sources and external links





Cathedrals


The current cathedral of the Archdiocese of Montréal is the Cathedral Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World and St. James the Greater (Basilique cathédrale de Marie-Reine-du-Monde et de Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur), built in 1894.


Prior to that, the diocese had five cathedrals. (From 1821 to 1836, they were the seat of the auxiliary bishop of Quebec in Montréal.)




  • Notre-Dame Church (ancestor of today's Notre-Dame Basilica), 1821–1822

  • Chapel of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1822–1825


  • Cathédrale Saint-Jacques, 1825–1852 (destroyed by fire, now part of the Judith-Jasmin pavilion of UQAM)

  • the chapel of the Asile de la Providence (corner of Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Hubert, site of the present Esplanade Émilie-Gamelin), 1852–1855

  • a small chapel at the site of the present archdiocese building, 1855–1894[1]



History



  • 1836.05.13: Established as Diocese of Montréal / Marianopolitan(us) (Latin), on territory split off from Archdiocese of Québec

  • Lost territory 1852.06.08 to establish Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe

  • 1886.06.08: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montréal / Marianopolitan(us) (Latin)

  • Lost territories repeatedly : on 1892.04.05 to establish as suffragan Diocese of Valleyfield, on 1904.01.27 to establish as suffragan Diocese of Joliette, on 1933.06.09 to establish as suffragan Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, on 1951.06.23 to establish as suffragan Diocese of Saint-Jérôme



Statistics


As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,724,357 Catholics (72.3% of 2,386,038 total) on 947 km² in 170 parishes and 35 missions with 901 priests (377 diocesan, 524 religious), 87 deacons, 3,817 lay religious (741 brothers, 3,076 sisters) and 16 seminarians.



Ecclesiastical province


The Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal's province has as suffragan sees:




  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette, daughter


  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, daughter


  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme, daughter


  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield, daughter.



Diocesan Ordinaries


(all Roman rite)



BIOS TO ELABORATE

Suffragan Bishops of Montréal



  1. Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue (1821–1840) - as auxiliary Bishop of Quebec in Montréal (1821-1836), then Bishop of Montréal.

  2. Bishop Ignace Bourget (1840–1876)

  3. Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre (1876.05.11 – 1886.06.08 see below) .


Metropolitan Archbishops of Montréal


  1. Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre ('see above 1886.06.08 – 1896.12.30) .

  2. Archbishop Paul Bruchési (1897–1939)

  3. Archbishop Georges Gauthier (1939–1940)

  4. Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau (1940–1950)

  5. Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, Archbishop (1950–1968)

  6. Cardinal Paul Grégoire, Archbishop (1968–1990)

  7. Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, Archbishop (1990–2012)

  8. Archbishop Christian Lépine (2012.03.20 – ...))


    1. Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Dowd (2011.07.11 – ...), Titular Bishop of Treba

    2. Auxiliary Bishop Alain Faubert (2016.04.19 – ...), Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati







Auxiliary episcopate


BIOS TO ELABORATE & WORK-IN


    1. Coadjutor Bishop: Joseph Larocque (1852.07.06 – 1860.06.22)

    2. Coadjutor Bishop: John Charles Prince (1844.07.05 – 1852.06.08)

    3. Coadjutor Bishop: Ignace Bourget (later Archbishop) (1837.03.10 – 1840.04.19)

    4. Auxiliary Bishop: Christian Lépine (later Archbishop) (2011.07.11 – 2012.03.20)

    5. Auxiliary Bishop: André Gazaille (2006.02.11 – 2011.07.11)

    6. Auxiliary Bishop: Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. (2006.02.11 – 2010.10.28)

    7. Auxiliary Bishop: Anthony Mancini (later Archbishop) (1999.02.18 – 2007.10.18)

    8. Auxiliary Bishop: Louis Dicaire (1999.02.18 – 2004.06.19)

    9. Auxiliary Bishop: André Rivest (1995.06.27 – 2004.06.19)

    10. Auxiliary Bishop: Neil E. Willard (1995.06.27 – 1998.03.25)

    11. Auxiliary Bishop: Jean-Claude Turcotte (later Archbishop and Cardinal) (1982.04.14 – 1990.03.17)

    12. Auxiliary Bishop: Jude Saint-Antoine (1981.03.20 – 2006.02.11)

    13. Auxiliary Bishop: Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. (1981.03.20 – 1991.08.27)

    14. Auxiliary Bishop: Jean-Marie Lafontaine (1979.04.18 – 1981.06.03)

    15. Auxiliary Bishop: Leonard James Crowley (1971.02.08 – 1997.03.26)

    16. Auxiliary Bishop: Norman Joseph Gallagher (1966 – 1970.04.16)

    17. Auxiliary Bishop: Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. (1964.06.05 – 1996.04.25)

    18. Auxiliary Bishop: Paul Grégoire (later Archbishop and Cardinal) (1961.10.26 – 1968.04.20)

    19. Auxiliary Bishop: Léo Blais (1959.03.18 – 1971.05.11)

    20. Auxiliary Bishop: Valérien Bélanger (1956.03.16 – 1983.02.19)

    21. Auxiliary Bishop: Laurent Morin (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28)

    22. Auxiliary Bishop: Lawrence-Patrick Whelan (1941.06.28 – 1980.10.04)

    23. Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph-Conrad Chaumont (1941.06.28 – 1966.10.08)

    24. Auxiliary Bishop: Alphonse-Emmanuel Deschamps (1925.02.20 – 1940.06.23)

    25. Auxiliary Bishop: Georges Gauthier (later Archbishop) (1912.06.28 – 1923.04.05)

    26. Auxiliary Bishop: François-Théophile-Zotique Racicot (1905.01.14 – 1915.09.14



See also


  • List of Catholic dioceses in Canada


References




  1. ^ "Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde: Historique". Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde Web site. Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2009-11-17..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}



Sources and external links




  • Wikisource-logo.svg Auclair, Élie Joseph (1911). "Archdiocese of Montreal". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

  • GCatholic, with Google map - data for all sections

  • (Arch)Diocese of Montréal

  • catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006



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