The Roman Catholic Diocese of
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
() (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
The Eastern Townships (, ) is a historical administrative region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It lies between the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands, St. Lawrence Lowlands and the American border, and extends from Granby, Quebec, Granby in ...
, 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)
*
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 to the cardinalate in 1965.
Early life
Roy was born in Quebec City as one of thre ...
(1946 - 1947), appointed Archbishop of Québec
*
Georges-Léon Pelletier (1947 - 1975)
*
Laurent Noël (1975 - 1996)
*
Martin Veillette (1996 - 2012)
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Luc-André Bouchard (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- )
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Another priest of this diocese who became bishop
* Jean-Guy Hamelin, appointed Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec
Territorial losses
References
Bibliography
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External links
diocesan website
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Organizations based in Quebec
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