Denomination Roman Catholic Province Québec | Territory Montréal and environs Population- Catholics 1,600,000 (67.9%) Area 1,399 km² Phone +1 514-925-4300 | |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal (Latin: Archdioecesis Marianopolitana) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec. The Archbishop of Montréal is Metropolitan of a province that includes the suffragan dioceses of Joliette, Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Saint-Jérôme, and Valleyfield.
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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.)
Diocesan bishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Montréal and their tenure of service:
- Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue (1821–1840) - as auxiliary Bishop of Quebec in Montréal (1821-1836), then Bishop of Montréal.
- Bishop Ignace Bourget (1840–1876)
- Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre (1876–1896) - as Archbishop of Montréal from 1886.
- Archbishop Paul Bruchési (1897–1939) [1]
- Archbishop Georges Gauthier (1939–1940)
- Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau (1940–1950) [2]
- Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, Archbishop (1950–1968)
- Cardinal Paul Grégoire, Archbishop (1968–1990)
- Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, Archbishop (1990–2012)
- Archbishop Christian Lépine (since 2012)