The Archdiocese of Montréal ( la, Archdioecesis Marianopolitana) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. A

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see, its arch

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is the

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

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. It includes Montreal and surrounding areas within Quebec.

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.) * Notre-Dame Church (ancestor of today's Notre-Dame Basilica), 1821–1822 *Chapel of the

Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal The Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (founded in 1645) was the first hospital established in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ''Hôtel-Dieu'', literally translated in English as ''Hotel of God'', is an archaic French term for hospital, referring to the origi ...

, 1822–1825 * Cathédrale 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 Émilie-Gamelin), 1852–1855 *a small chapel at the site of the present archdiocese building, 1855–1894

History

* 1836.05.13: Established as Diocese of Montréal / Marianopolitan(us) (Latin), on territory split off from

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* Lost territory 1852.06.08 to establish

Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Hyacinthi) (erected 8 June 1852) is a Latin rite suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sherbrooke in Quebec, (predominantly francophone) Canada. Its cathedral episcopal ...

* 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 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield ( la, Dioecesis Campivallensis) is a Catholic diocese in Quebec and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montreal. It was erected in 1892. The diocese, which is based in the western suburbs of Montreal, f ...

, on 1904.01.27 to establish as suffragan

Diocese of Joliette The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette ( la, Dioecesis Ioliettensis) (erected 27 January 1904) is a suffragan in Joliette of the Archdiocese of Montréal. Gallery File:QC Joliette1 tango7174.jpg, Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral File:QC Jolie ...

, on 1933.06.09 to establish as suffragan

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, on 1951.06.23 to establish as suffragan

Diocese of Saint-Jérôme In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

* 2020.11.25 Former Quebec Superior Court justice

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releases a report which found that some former officials in the Archdiocese of Montreal, including

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Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte Jean-Claude Turcotte () (26 June 1936 – 8 April 2015) was a Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal. Upon his elevation into the cardinalate he was made the Cardinal-Priest of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Canadian Martyrs. He wa ...

and

Anthony Mancini Anthony Mancini KGOHS (born November 27, 1945) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth. He retired on November 27, 2020. Biography Early life Born in Mignano Monte Lungo, near Naple ...

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." 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.

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

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal's province has as

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sees: *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette ( la, Dioecesis Ioliettensis) (erected 27 January 1904) is a suffragan in Joliette of the Archdiocese of Montréal. Gallery File:QC Joliette1 tango7174.jpg, Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral File:QC Jolie ...

, daughter *

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, daughter * Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme, daughter *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield ( la, Dioecesis Campivallensis) is a Catholic diocese in Quebec and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montreal. It was erected in 1892. The diocese, which is based in the western suburbs of Montreal, ...

, daughter.

Leadership

Ordinaries

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

Bishops of Montreal

* Jean-Jacques Lartigue (1836–1840), previously auxiliary Bishop of Quebec in Montréal (1821–1836) *

Ignace Bourget Ignace Bourget (October 30, 1799 – June 8, 1885) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec, in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several cou ...

(1840–1876) *

Édouard-Charles Fabre Édouard-Charles Fabre (February 28, 1827 – December 30, 1896) was Archbishop of Montreal in 1886 and of Sherbrooke and Saint-Hyacinthe in 1887. Fabre was the eldest of 11 children in an important Montreal business family. Despite the effort ...

(1876–1886)

Archbishops of Montreal

(1886–1896) *

Paul Bruchési Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési (October 29, 1855 – September 20, 1939) was a Canadian prelate, the second Archbishop of Montreal. In 1910 he directed the 21st International Eucharistic Congress held in Montreal. Life Louis-Joseph-Pa ...

(1897–1939) *

Georges Gauthier Georges Gauthier (9 October 1871 – 31 August 1940) was a French Canadian archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal. Biography Born in Montreal, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian govern ...

(1939–1940) *

Joseph Charbonneau Joseph Charbonneau, (July 31, 1892 – November 19, 1959) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1940 to 1950. Born in Lefaivre, Alfred and Plantagenet, he was ordained to the priesthood ...

(1940–1950) * Cardinal

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 ...

(1950–1968) * Cardinal

Paul Grégoire Paul Grégoire, (October 24, 1911 – October 30, 1993) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1968 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Biography Paul Grégoire was b ...

(1968–1990) * Cardinal

Jean-Claude Turcotte Jean-Claude Turcotte () (26 June 1936 – 8 April 2015) was a Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal. Upon his elevation into the cardinalate he was made the Cardinal-Priest of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Canadian Martyrs. He wa ...

(1990–2012) * Christian Lépine (2012–present)

Coadjutor archbishops

Under the Code of Canon Law, the

coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co- ...

has the right of succession (''cum jure successionis'') upon the death, retirement or resignation of the diocesan bishop he is assisting. All coadjutor ordinaries except for John Charles Prince eventually succeeded to become head of the Archdiocese of Montreal or its antecedent jurisdictions. *

(1837–1840), as coadjutor bishop * John Charles Prince (1844–1852), as coadjutor bishop; did not succeed to the see *

(1873–1876), as coadjutor bishop *

(1923–1939) *

(1940)

Auxiliary episcopate

:BIOS TO ELABORATE & WORK-IN ## Coadjutor 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 – ...),

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of Treba ## Auxiliary Bishop: Christian Lépine (later Archbishop) (2011.07.11 – 2012.03.20) ## Auxiliary Bishop: André 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: André 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: Gérard 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 André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. (1964.06.05 – 1996.04.25) ## Auxiliary Bishop:

(later Archbishop and Cardinal) (1961.10.26 – 1968.04.20) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Léo Blais (1959.03.18 – 1971.05.11) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Valérien Bélanger (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: 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 Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (1 April 1824 – 24 May 1901) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the fourth Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1875 until his death in 1901. He was also the cofounder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Hya ...

, 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 Richard Alphonsus O'Connor (April 15, 1838 – January 23, 1913) was a Canadian priest and Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario. Biography Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland on April 15, 1838, O'Connor emigrated to Canada with his parents ...

, 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 Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter (1912–2003) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Toronto from 1978 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979. Biography Youth and ordination The youngest ...

, 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

References

Sources and external links

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