Archdiocese of Montréal

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Archdiocese of Montréal
Map of the Archdiocese of Montréal
Basic data
Country Canada
Diocesan bishop Christian Lépine
Auxiliary bishop Thomas Dowd
Alain Faubert
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Jew Saint-Antoine
Vicar General Jean Fortier
founding 1836
surface 947 km²
Parishes 179 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 2,468,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 1,742,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 70.6%
Diocesan priest 399 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 524 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,887
Permanent deacons 82 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 732 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 2,553 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Marie-Reine-du-Monde de Montréal
Website www.diocesemontreal.org
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Joliette
Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
Diocese of Saint-Jérôme
Diocese of Valleyfield

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal ( latin Archidioecesis Marianopolitana , French archidiocèse de Montréal ) is in Canada situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Montreal .

history

The Archdiocese of Montréal was on May 13, 1836 by Pope Gregory XVI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolici ministerii from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Québec as the Diocese of Montréal and subordinated to this as a suffragan . The Diocese of Montréal gave on June 25, 1847 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Bytown . Another assignment of territory took place on June 8, 1852 to establish the diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe .

On June 8, 1886, the diocese of Montréal was by Pope Leo XIII. raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Montréal gave on April 5, 1892 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Valleyfield . Further territorial assignments took place on January 27, 1904 to found the diocese of Joliette and on June 9, 1933 to found the diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec . On June 23, 1951, the Archdiocese of Montréal gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme .

The Archdiocese of Montréal is a bishopric traditionally associated with cardinal dignity .

Ordinaries

Bishops of Montréal

Archbishops of Montréal

See also

Web links

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