Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal

For the Anglican Diocese of Montreal see, see Anglican Diocese of Montreal.

Archdiocese of Montréal Archidioecesis Marianopolitanus Archidiocèse de Montréal
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 Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal
Website
diocesemontreal.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal (Latin: Archdioecesis Marianopolitana) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec. The Archbishop of Montréal is Metropolitan of a province that includes the suffragan dioceses of Joliette, Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Saint-Jérôme, and Valleyfield.

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]

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Montréal and their tenure of service:

Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue (1821–1840) - as auxiliary Bishop of Quebec in Montréal (1821-1836), then Bishop of Montréal.
Bishop Ignace Bourget (1840–1876)
Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre (1876–1896) - as Archbishop of Montréal from 1886.
Archbishop Paul Bruchési (1897–1939)
Archbishop Georges Gauthier (1939–1940)
Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau (1940–1950)
Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, Archbishop (1950–1968)
Cardinal Paul Grégoire, Archbishop (1968–1990)
Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, Archbishop (1990–2012)
Archbishop Christian Lépine (since 2012)

References

↑ "Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde: Historique". Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde Web site. Retrieved 2009-11-17.

Bibliography

Archdiocese of Montréal page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006

External links

Diocèse de Montréal

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