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Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield

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Population - Catholics
  
201,000 (73.9%)

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
1892

Area
  
3,225 km²

Country
  
Canada

Parishes
  
24

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Bishop
  
Noël Simard

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Christian Lépine

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Cathedral
  
Basilique-Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Québec, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield (Latin: 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, features approximately 201,000 baptized Catholics. Parishioners are served by 73 priests, 17 deacons, 31 religious brothers, and 76 religious sisters. In 2008, the diocese consolidated its 63 parishes into 24.

Ordinaries

  • Joseph-Médard Émard (1892 - 1922)
  • Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau O.P. (1923 - 1926)
  • Joseph Alfred Langlois (1926 - 1966)
  • Percival Caza (1966 - 1969)
  • Guy Bélanger (1969 - 1975)
  • Robert Lebel (1976 - 2000)
  • Luc Cyr (2001 - 2011)
  • Noël Simard (since 2011)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield Wikipedia