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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Trois-Rivières
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières () (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 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 * Thomas Cooke (1852 - 1870) * Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche (1870 - 1898) * François-Xavier Cloutier (1899 - 1934) * Alfred-Odilon Comtois (1934 - 1945) *Maurice Roy Maurice Roy (January 25, 1905 – October 24, 1985) was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1947 to 1981. He was elevated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cooke (bishop)
Thomas Cooke (February 9, 1792 – April 30, 1870) was a Canadian Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ... priest, missionary, and the first Bishop of Trois Rivières from 1852 to 1870. References * Thomas Cookeat Catholic-Hierarchy 1792 births 1870 deaths Pre-Confederation Quebec people Roman Catholic bishops of Trois-Rivières 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province Of Quebec
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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 of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda The Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda () is a Latin Church diocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec in the Gatineau ecclesiastical province. The Diocese was erected in November of 1973 from the territory within Quebec of Diocese of Timmins, w ..., Canada on November 29, 1973. He retired on November 30, 2001, succeeded by Dorylas Moreau and named Bishop Emeritus. Hamelin died on March 1, 2018, aged 92 in Rouyn-Noranda. References 1925 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada Roman Catholic bishops of Rouyn-Noranda People from Mauricie {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Laliberté
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Laurent Noël
Laurent Noël (March 19, 1920 – July 2, 2022) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Diocese of Trois-Rivières from 1975 to 1996. Life Noël was born in Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, Quebec and was ordained a priest on June 16, 1944 for the Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Quebec on June 25, 1963 as well as titular bishop of Agathopolis, and was consecrated on August 29, 1963. He was the Apostolic Administrator Diocese of Hauterive from 1974 to 1975. Noël was appointed to the Diocese of Trois-Rivières on November 8, 1975, where he served until his retirement on November 21, 1996. Upon the death of Damián Iguacén Borau on November 24, 2020, he became the oldest living Catholic bishop. Upon the death of Remi De Roo on February 1, 2022, he became the last surviving Canadian bishop to participate in the Second Vatican Council The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges-Léon Pelletier
Georges-Léon Pelletier (19 August 1904 – 24 September 1987) was a Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Trois-Rivières from 1947 to 1975. From Saint-Épiphane, Quebec, he was ordained in 1931. He was named bishop by Pius XII and consecrated auxiliary bishop of Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve in Quebec City. He succeeded Maurice Roy as Bishop of Trois-Rivières. In 1975, he resigned and Laurent Noël Laurent Noël (March 19, 1920 – July 2, 2022) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Diocese of Trois-Rivières from 1975 to 1996. Life Noël was born in Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, Quebec and was ordaine ... succeeded him. He died in 1987. Footnotes 1904 births People from Bas-Saint-Laurent 1987 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada Roman Catholic bishops of Trois-Rivières {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Roy
Maurice Roy (January 25, 1905 – October 24, 1985) was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1947 to 1981. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Early life Roy was born in Quebec City as one of three children. His father was a judge, the dean of the faculty of law at the University of Laval, and a friend of Maurice Duplessis. His mother was a descendant of the poet Napoléon Legendre. Initially homeschooled, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph Brunault on June 12, 1927 after attending the Seminary of Quebec from 1915 to 1923. He obtained his licentiate in theology from the Université Laval in 1927, and then studied at the Angelicum in Rome, receiving a doctorate in philosophy in 1929. From 1929 to 1930, he attended the Sorbonne and the Catholic Institute in Paris. Roy then taught dogmatic and sacramental theology and apologetics at Quebec's Grand Seminary until 1939. He worked as a chaplain to the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred-Odilon Comtois
Alfred-Odilon Comtois (5 March 1876 – 26 August 1945) was a Canadian bishop who was Bishop of Trois-Rivières from 1934 to 1945. From Trois-Rivières, he was ordained in 1898. He was named bishop by Pius XI and he was consecrated by François-Xavier Cloutier. In 1945, Maurice Roy Maurice Roy (January 25, 1905 – October 24, 1985) was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1947 to 1981. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Early life Roy was born in Quebec City as one of thre ... succeeded him as Bishop of Trois-Rivières, the year of his death. References 1876 births 1945 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada People from Trois-Rivières Roman Catholic bishops of Trois-Rivières {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Xavier Cloutier
François-Xavier Cloutier (2 November 1848 – 18 September 1934) was a Canadian Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ... Bishop. He was Bishop of Trois Rivières from 1889 to his death in 1934. References Catholic-Hierarchy entry External links * 1848 births 1934 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada Roman Catholic bishops of Trois-Rivières {{Canada-RC-archbishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-François Richer Dit Laflèche
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Notre-Dame-du-Cap Basilica
The Basilica of Notre-Dame-du-Cap is a minor basilica in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. It is Canada's national shrine to the Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church, Blessed Virgin Mary, and one of the country's six national shrines. Each year, the site is visited by thousands of Christian pilgrimage, Catholic pilgrims. History The first church in the district of Cap-de-la-Madeleine was a small wooden structure built in 1659. In 1694, the first resident pastor, Father Paul Vachon, established the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary at Cap de la Madeleine. The wooden building was replaced by a fieldstone church in 1720. The hand hewn beams from the wooden church were used in the construction of the new stone church. Canon Vachon died in 1729 and is buried in the church. For a long time the parish was without a resident pastor and fell into neglect. In 1867, Father Luc Desilets, pastor at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, re-introduced the praying of the rosary and promoted it among his pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
