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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal

January 26, 2023

The Archdiocese of Montréal (Latin: Archdioecesis Marianopolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. A metropolitan see, its archepiscopal see is the Montreal, Quebec. It includes Montreal and surrounding areas within Quebec.

Archdiocese of Montréal

Archidioecesis Marianopolitanus

Archidiocèse de Montréal
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Location
Country Canada
TerritoryMontréal and environs
Ecclesiastical provinceMontréal
Population
- Catholics (including non-members)
1,600,000 (67.9%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMay 13, 1836; 186 years ago (1836-05-13)
CathedralMary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Patron saintSt. Mary
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopChristian Lépine
Auxiliary BishopsThomas Dowd, Alain Faubert
Map

Location of the archdiocese (red) within Canada
Website
diocesemontreal.org

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.)

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
  • 2020.11.25 Former Quebec Superior Court justice Pepita Capriolo releases a report which found that some former officials in the Archdiocese of Montreal, including Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte and Anthony Mancini took no action against pedophile priest Brian Boucher after receiving reports he sexually abused boys, stating, among other things, that "The primary culprit is the lack of accountability of the people involved in Boucher's education, training and career. Complaints were 'passed on' and no one took responsibility for acting on them."[2] The Catholic church assigned Capriolo to the investigate the Archdiocese of Montreal after Boucher pled to sex abuse charges in January 2019 and received an eight year prison sentence.[2]

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

 
Map of Catholic dioceses of Canada, with Montreal province in orange

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

Leadership

Ordinaries

Main article: List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Montreal

Below is a list of individuals who have led the Archdiocese of Montreal and its antecedent jurisdictions since its founding.[3]

Bishops of Montreal

Archbishops of Montreal

Coadjutor archbishops

Under the Code of Canon Law, the coadjutor bishop has the right of succession (cum jure successionis) upon the death, retirement or resignation of the diocesan bishop he is assisting.[4][5][6] All coadjutor ordinaries except for John Charles Prince eventually succeeded to become head of the Archdiocese of Montreal or its antecedent jurisdictions.

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 Alain Faubert (2016.04.19 – ...), Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati
    5. Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Dowd (2011.07.11 – ...), Titular Bishop of Treba
    6. Auxiliary Bishop: Christian Lépine (later Archbishop) (2011.07.11 – 2012.03.20)
    7. Auxiliary Bishop: André Gazaille (2006.02.11 – 2011.07.11)
    8. Auxiliary Bishop: Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. (2006.02.11 – 2010.10.28)
    9. Auxiliary Bishop: Anthony Mancini (later Archbishop) (1999.02.18 – 2007.10.18)
    10. Auxiliary Bishop: Louis Dicaire (1999.02.18 – 2004.06.19)
    11. Auxiliary Bishop: André Rivest (1995.06.27 – 2004.06.19)
    12. Auxiliary Bishop: Neil E. Willard (1995.06.27 – 1998.03.25)
    13. Auxiliary Bishop: Jean-Claude Turcotte (later Archbishop and Cardinal) (1982.04.14 – 1990.03.17)
    14. Auxiliary Bishop: Jude Saint-Antoine (1981.03.20 – 2006.02.11)
    15. Auxiliary Bishop: Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. (1981.03.20 – 1991.08.27)
    16. Auxiliary Bishop: Jean-Marie Lafontaine (1979.04.18 – 1981.06.03)
    17. Auxiliary Bishop: Leonard James Crowley (1971.02.08 – 1997.03.26)
    18. Auxiliary Bishop: Norman Joseph Gallagher (1966 – 1970.04.16)
    19. Auxiliary Bishop: Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. (1964.06.05 – 1996.04.25)
    20. Auxiliary Bishop: Paul Grégoire (later Archbishop and Cardinal) (1961.10.26 – 1968.04.20)
    21. Auxiliary Bishop: Léo Blais (1959.03.18 – 1971.05.11)
    22. Auxiliary Bishop: Valérien Bélanger (1956.03.16 – 1983.02.19)
    23. Auxiliary Bishop: Laurent Morin (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28)
    24. Auxiliary Bishop: Lawrence-Patrick Whelan (1941.06.28 – 1980.10.04)
    25. Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph-Conrad Chaumont (1941.06.28 – 1966.10.08)
    26. Auxiliary Bishop: Alphonse-Emmanuel Deschamps (1925.02.20 – 1940.06.23)
    27. Auxiliary Bishop: Georges Gauthier (later Archbishop) (1912.06.28 – 1923.04.05)
    28. Auxiliary Bishop: François-Théophile-Zotique Racicot (1905.01.14 – 1915.09.14

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Charles-François-Calixte Morisson, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Vancouver Island, British Columbia in 1862 (resigned from episcopate)
  • Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, appointed Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, in 1875; beatified in 1987
  • Narcisse Zéphirin Lorrain, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Pontiac, Ontario in 1882
  • Richard Alphonsus O’Connor, appointed Bishop of Peteborough, Ontario in 1889
  • Joseph-Médard Émard, appointed Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec in 1892
  • Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes, appointed Bishop of Joliette, Québec in 1913
  • Peter Joseph Monahan, appointed Bishop of Calgary, Alberta in 1932
  • Émilien Frenette, appointed Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec in 1951
  • Alexander Carter, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in 1956
  • William Edward Power, appointed Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1960
  • Gerald Emmett Carter, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario in 1961; future Cardinal
  • Charles-Omer Valois, appointed Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec in 1977
  • Robert Harris, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in 2002
  • Paul Terrio (priest here, 1970-2001), appointed Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta in 2012

See also

References

  1. ^ . Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde Web site. Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  2. ^ a b Shingler, Benjamin (November 25, 2020). "Report blames top Montreal Church officials for ignoring complaints about priest who preyed on young boys". CBC News. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. ^ . Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "Code of Canon Law – Book II, Part II, Section II, Title I". Holy See Press Office. Holy See. January 25, 1983. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Van Hove, A. (1913). . In Charles George Herbermann (ed.). The Original Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. Robert Appleton Company. p. 581. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  6. ^ Agnew, Paddy; McGarry, Patsy (May 5, 2012). "Vatican may appoint bishop to aid Brady". The Irish Times. from the original on May 6, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

Sources and external links

  • Auclair, Élie Joseph (1911). "Archdiocese of Montreal" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • GCatholic, with Google map - data for all sections
  • (Arch)Diocese of Montréal
  • catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006

Coordinates: 45°29′57″N 73°34′06″W / 45.4992°N 73.5684°W / 45.4992; -73.5684

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The Archdiocese of Montreal Latin Archdioecesis Marianopolitana is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada A metropolitan see its archepiscopal see is the Montreal Quebec It includes Montreal and surrounding areas within Quebec Archdiocese of MontrealArchidioecesis MarianopolitanusArchidiocese de MontrealMary Queen of the World CathedralLocationCountry CanadaTerritoryMontreal and environsEcclesiastical provinceMontrealPopulation Catholics including non members 1 600 000 67 9 InformationDenominationCatholic ChurchSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablishedMay 13 1836 186 years ago 1836 05 13 CathedralMary Queen of the World CathedralPatron saintSt MaryCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopChristian LepineAuxiliary BishopsThomas Dowd Alain FaubertMapLocation of the archdiocese red within CanadaWebsitediocesemontreal org Contents 1 Cathedrals 2 History 3 Statistics 4 Ecclesiastical province 5 Leadership 5 1 Ordinaries 5 1 1 Bishops of Montreal 5 1 2 Archbishops of Montreal 5 2 Coadjutor archbishops 5 3 Auxiliary episcopate 5 4 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops 6 See also 7 References 8 Sources and external linksCathedrals EditThe current cathedral of the Archdiocese of Montreal is the Cathedral Basilica of Mary Queen of the World and St James the Greater Basilique cathedrale 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 Montreal Notre Dame Church ancestor of today s Notre Dame Basilica 1821 1822 Chapel of the Hotel Dieu de Montreal 1822 1825 Cathedrale 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 Emilie Gamelin 1852 1855 a small chapel at the site of the present archdiocese building 1855 1894 1 History Edit1836 05 13 Established as Diocese of Montreal Marianopolitan us Latin on territory split off from Archdiocese of Quebec Lost territory 1852 06 08 to establish Diocese of Saint Hyacinthe 1886 06 08 Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montreal 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 Quebec on 1951 06 23 to establish as suffragan Diocese of Saint Jerome 2020 11 25 Former Quebec Superior Court justice Pepita Capriolo releases a report which found that some former officials in the Archdiocese of Montreal including Marc Cardinal Ouellet Jean Claude Cardinal Turcotte and Anthony Mancini took no action against pedophile priest Brian Boucher after receiving reports he sexually abused boys stating among other things that The primary culprit is the lack of accountability of the people involved in Boucher s education training and career Complaints were passed on and no one took responsibility for acting on them 2 The Catholic church assigned Capriolo to the investigate the Archdiocese of Montreal after Boucher pled to sex abuse charges in January 2019 and received an eight year prison sentence 2 Statistics EditAs per 2014 it pastorally served 1 724 357 Catholics 72 3 of 2 386 038 total on 947 km 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 Edit Map of Catholic dioceses of Canada with Montreal province in orange The Metropolitan Archbishop of Montreal 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 Jerome daughter Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield daughter Leadership EditOrdinaries Edit Main article List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Montreal Below is a list of individuals who have led the Archdiocese of Montreal and its antecedent jurisdictions since its founding 3 Bishops of Montreal Edit Jean Jacques Lartigue 1836 1840 previously auxiliary Bishop of Quebec in Montreal 1821 1836 Ignace Bourget 1840 1876 Edouard Charles Fabre 1876 1886 Archbishops of Montreal Edit Edouard Charles Fabre 1886 1896 Paul Bruchesi 1897 1939 Georges Gauthier 1939 1940 Joseph Charbonneau 1940 1950 Cardinal Paul Emile Leger 1950 1968 Cardinal Paul Gregoire 1968 1990 Cardinal Jean Claude Turcotte 1990 2012 Christian Lepine 2012 present Coadjutor archbishops Edit Under the Code of Canon Law the coadjutor bishop has the right of succession cum jure successionis upon the death retirement or resignation of the diocesan bishop he is assisting 4 5 6 All coadjutor ordinaries except for John Charles Prince eventually succeeded to become head of the Archdiocese of Montreal or its antecedent jurisdictions Ignace Bourget 1837 1840 as coadjutor bishop John Charles Prince 1844 1852 as coadjutor bishop did not succeed to the see Edouard Charles Fabre 1873 1876 as coadjutor bishop Georges Gauthier 1923 1939 Joseph Charbonneau 1940 Auxiliary episcopate Edit BIOS TO ELABORATE amp WORK INCoadjutor Bishop Joseph Larocque 1852 07 06 1860 06 22 Coadjutor Bishop John Charles Prince 1844 07 05 1852 06 08 Coadjutor Bishop Ignace Bourget later Archbishop 1837 03 10 1840 04 19 Auxiliary Bishop Alain Faubert 2016 04 19 Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Dowd 2011 07 11 Titular Bishop of Treba Auxiliary Bishop Christian Lepine later Archbishop 2011 07 11 2012 03 20 Auxiliary Bishop Andre Gazaille 2006 02 11 2011 07 11 Auxiliary Bishop Lionel Gendron P S S 2006 02 11 2010 10 28 Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Mancini later Archbishop 1999 02 18 2007 10 18 Auxiliary Bishop Louis Dicaire 1999 02 18 2004 06 19 Auxiliary Bishop Andre Rivest 1995 06 27 2004 06 19 Auxiliary Bishop Neil E Willard 1995 06 27 1998 03 25 Auxiliary Bishop Jean Claude Turcotte later Archbishop and Cardinal 1982 04 14 1990 03 17 Auxiliary Bishop Jude Saint Antoine 1981 03 20 2006 02 11 Auxiliary Bishop Gerard Tremblay P S S 1981 03 20 1991 08 27 Auxiliary Bishop Jean Marie Lafontaine 1979 04 18 1981 06 03 Auxiliary Bishop Leonard James Crowley 1971 02 08 1997 03 26 Auxiliary Bishop Norman Joseph Gallagher 1966 1970 04 16 Auxiliary Bishop Adrien Andre Maria Cimichella O S M 1964 06 05 1996 04 25 Auxiliary Bishop Paul Gregoire later Archbishop and Cardinal 1961 10 26 1968 04 20 Auxiliary Bishop Leo Blais 1959 03 18 1971 05 11 Auxiliary Bishop Valerien Belanger 1956 03 16 1983 02 19 Auxiliary Bishop Laurent Morin 1955 09 08 1959 02 28 Auxiliary Bishop Lawrence Patrick Whelan 1941 06 28 1980 10 04 Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Conrad Chaumont 1941 06 28 1966 10 08 Auxiliary Bishop Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps 1925 02 20 1940 06 23 Auxiliary Bishop Georges Gauthier later Archbishop 1912 06 28 1923 04 05 Auxiliary Bishop Francois Theophile Zotique Racicot 1905 01 14 1915 09 14Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Edit Charles Francois Calixte Morisson appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Vancouver Island British Columbia in 1862 resigned from episcopate Louis Zephirin Moreau appointed Bishop of Saint Hyacinthe Quebec in 1875 beatified in 1987 Narcisse Zephirin Lorrain appointed Vicar Apostolic of Pontiac Ontario in 1882 Richard Alphonsus O Connor appointed Bishop of Peteborough Ontario in 1889 Joseph Medard Emard appointed Bishop of Valleyfield Quebec in 1892 Joseph Guillaume Laurent Forbes appointed Bishop of Joliette Quebec in 1913 Peter Joseph Monahan appointed Bishop of Calgary Alberta in 1932 Emilien Frenette appointed Bishop of Saint Jerome Quebec in 1951 Alexander Carter appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie Ontario in 1956 William Edward Power appointed Bishop of Antigonish Nova Scotia in 1960 Gerald Emmett Carter appointed Auxiliary Bishop of London Ontario in 1961 future Cardinal Charles Omer Valois appointed Bishop of Saint Jerome Quebec in 1977 Robert Harris appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie Ontario in 2002 Paul Terrio priest here 1970 2001 appointed Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta in 2012See also EditList of Catholic dioceses in CanadaReferences Edit Cathedrale Marie Reine du Monde Historique Cathedrale Marie Reine du Monde Web site Archived from the original on 2016 01 25 Retrieved 2009 11 17 a b Shingler Benjamin November 25 2020 Report blames top Montreal Church officials for ignoring complaints about priest who preyed on young boys CBC News Retrieved November 30 2020 History Our Bishops Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal Archived from the original on June 17 2020 Retrieved June 16 2020 Code of Canon Law Book II Part II Section II Title I Holy See Press Office Holy See January 25 1983 Retrieved April 18 2020 Van Hove A 1913 Bishop In Charles George Herbermann ed The Original Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 2 Robert Appleton Company p 581 Archived from the original on January 14 2012 Retrieved October 11 2012 Agnew Paddy McGarry Patsy May 5 2012 Vatican may appoint bishop to aid Brady The Irish Times Archived from the original on May 6 2012 Retrieved October 11 2012 Sources and external links EditAuclair Elie Joseph 1911 Archdiocese of Montreal In Herbermann Charles ed Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 10 New York Robert Appleton Company GCatholic with Google map data for all sections Arch Diocese of Montreal catholichierarchy org retrieved July 13 2006 Coordinates 45 29 57 N 73 34 06 W 45 4992 N 73 5684 W 45 4992 73 5684 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal amp oldid 1133403493, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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