Valleyfield Bishopric
| Valleyfield Bishopric | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Montréal |
| Diocesan bishop | Noël Simard |
| founding | April 5, 1892 |
| surface | 3,225 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 293,690 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 213,875 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 72.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 48 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,752 |
| Permanent deacons | 15 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 27 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Cecilia |
| Website | www.diocesevalleyfield.org |
The Diocese of Valleyfield ( Latin Dioecesis Campivallensis , French Diocèse de Valleyfield ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield .
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history
The diocese Valleyfield was on April 5, 1892 by Pope Leo XIII. Erected from territory ceded by the Archdiocese of Montréal and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Valleyfield
- 1892–1922 Joseph-Médard Émard , then Archbishop of Ottawa
- 1923–1926 Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau OP , then Archbishop of Québec
- 1926–1966 Joseph Alfred Langlois
- 1966-1969 Percival Caza
- 1969–1975 Guy Bélanger
- 1976-2000 Robert Lebel
- 2001–2011 Luc Cyr , then Archbishop of Sherbrooke
- 2011– Noël Simard
See also
Web links
Commons : Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
- Homepage of the Valleyfield Diocese (French)
- Entry for the Diocese of Valleyfield on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)