The Roman Catholic Diocese of
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of ...
( la, Dioecesis Trifluvianensis in Canada) (erected 8 June 1852) is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Québec.
History
The Diocese of Trois-Rivières was erected from the
Archdiocese of Quebec
The Archdiocese of Québec ( la, Archidiœcesis Quebecensis; french: Archidiocèse de Québec) is a Catholic archdiocese in Quebec, Canada. Being the first see in the New World north of Mexico, the Archdiocese of Québec is also the primatial s ...
on June 8, 1852. Rev. Thomas Cooke was appointed the first bishop. At that time, the diocese extended to the
Eastern Townships, and included thirty-nine parishes.
The
Collège des Trois-Rivières was founded in 1860; in 1874, it became the diocesan seminary. Also in 1874, the
Diocese of Sherbrooke was created from Trois-Rivières.
Notre-Dame-du-Cap was designated a national pilgrimage site by the bishops of Canada in 1909.
Bishops
Ordinaries
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Thomas Cooke (1852 - 1870)
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Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche (1870 - 1898)
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François-Xavier Cloutier (1899 - 1934)
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Alfred-Odilon Comtois (1934 - 1945)
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Maurice Roy
Maurice Roy (January 25, 1905 – October 24, 1985) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1947 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.
Early life
Roy was born in Queb ...
(1946 - 1947), appointed Archbishop of Québec
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Georges-Léon Pelletier (1947 - 1975)
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Laurent Noël (1975 - 1996)
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Martin Veillette
Martin Veillette (born 16 November 1936 in La Tuque, in Quebec) is a Canadian bishop, theologian, philosopher, sociologist and teacher. He was Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières, Bishop of Trois-Rivières. He was the eighth bishop of the ...
(1996 - 2012)
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Luc-André Bouchard
Luc-André Bouchard (born 18 November 1949) is a Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Appointed by Benedict XVI, Bouchard is the ninth Bishop of Trois-Rivières.
Early life and education
Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada of Gaston Bouch ...
(2012 - 2021)
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Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (2022–present)
Coadjutor bishop
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Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche (1866-1870)
Auxiliary bishops
* Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. (2018- )
Vaillancourt, Philippe. "Quebec’s youngest bishop wants to bring fire of God’s love to the world", Catholic News Service, July 27, 2018
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Another priest of this diocese who became bishop
* Jean-Guy Hamelin
Jean-Guy Hamelin (October 8, 1925 – March 1, 2018) was a Canadian Catholic bishop.
Born in 1925 in Saint-Sévérin-de-Proulxville, Hamelin was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1949, in Trois-Rivières, Québec and was named first bishop ...
, appointed Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec
Territorial losses
References
Bibliography
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External links
diocesan website
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Trois Rivieres
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Organizations based in Quebec
Trois-Rivières