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Diocese
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History
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of
Valleyfield ( la, Dioecesis Campivallensis) is a Catholic diocese in
Quebec
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and a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Montreal. It was erected in 1892.
The diocese, which is based in the western suburbs of Montreal, features approximately 201,000 baptized Catholics. Parishioners are served by 48 priests, 17 deacons, 31 religious brothers, and 76 religious sisters. In 2008, the diocese consolidated its 63 parishes into 24.
Bishops
Ordinaries
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Joseph-Médard Émard (1892–1922), appointed Archbishop of Ottawa
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Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. (1923–1926), appointed Archbishop of Québec (elevated to Cardinal in 1927)
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Joseph Alfred Langlois
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(1926–1966)
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Percival Caza
Percival (, also spelled Perceval, Parzival), alternatively called Peredur (), was one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the tale ''Perceval, the Story of the Gra ...
(1966–1969)
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Guy Bélanger (1969–1975)
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Robert Lebel (1976–2000)
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Luc Cyr
Luc Cyr (born November 21, 1953) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is currently Archbishop of Sherbrooke. Cyr succeeded to this post in September 2011, after serving as Bishop of Valleyfield from June 2001.
Cyr was born in S ...
(2001–2011), appointed Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec
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Noël Simard (since 2011)
Coadjutor bishop
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Percival Caza
Percival (, also spelled Perceval, Parzival), alternatively called Peredur (), was one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the tale ''Perceval, the Story of the Gra ...
(1955–1966)
Auxiliary bishop
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Percival Caza
Percival (, also spelled Perceval, Parzival), alternatively called Peredur (), was one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the tale ''Perceval, the Story of the Gra ...
(1948–1955), appointed Coadjutor here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishop
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Bernard Hubert, appointed Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec in 1971
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Paul-Émile Léger
Paul-Émile Léger (April 26, 1904 – November 13, 1991) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1950 to 1967, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
Early life and ...
, appointed
Archbishop of Montreal, Québec in 1950
Other priest of this diocese who became cardinal
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Paul-Émile Léger
Paul-Émile Léger (April 26, 1904 – November 13, 1991) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1950 to 1967, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
Early life and ...
, appointed
Cardinal in 1953
References
Valleyfield
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
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