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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
1936

Country
  
Canada

Parishes
  
48

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
12,000 km²

Secular priests
  
44

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Population- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)108,000 (51.8%)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton (Latin: Archidioecesis Monctonensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of New Brunswick and includes the suffragan dioceses of Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst (Canada) Edmundston, and Saint John, New Brunswick.

On Friday, June 15, 2012, according to the English translation of the Vatican Press Office's Vatican Information Service (VIS) daily news bulletin, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the governance of the Archdiocese of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, presented by Archbishop André Richard, C.S.C., in accordance with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. Pope Benedict appointed Bishop Valéry Vienneau as the Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Moncton to succeed Archbishop Emeritus Richard; Archbishop-elect Vienneau until his appointment had been the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst, a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese based in the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick.

As of 2004, the archdiocese contained 48 parishes, 44 active diocesan priests, 26 religious priests, and 108,000 Catholics. It also had 291 Women Religious, 47 Religious Brothers, and 1 permanent deacon.

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Moncton and their terms of service:

  • Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson (1936–1941)
  • Norbert Robichaud (1942–1972)
  • Donat Chiasson (1972–1995)
  • Ernest Léger (1996–2002)
  • André Richard (2002–2012)
  • Valéry Vienneau (since 2012)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton Wikipedia


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