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Archdiocese of Montréal (French: Archidiocèse de Montréal) Archidioecesis Marianopolitanis
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Basic information
Location	Montréal, Québec, Canada
Territory	Montréal and environs
Population	1,600,000 Catholics
Rite	Roman Rite
Patron	St. Mary
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Montréal
Established	May 13, 1836
Cathedral	Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Bishop	Archbishop of Montréal
Website	Archdiocese of Montréal
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Metropolitan	Jean-Claude Turcotte Archbishop of Montréal
Diocesan Bishop	Jean-Claude Turcotte Bishop of Montréal
Auxiliary bishops	André Gazaille, Lionel Gendron Auxiliary Bishops of Montréal

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal (Latin: Archdioecesis Marianopolitanis) 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. It is currently led by Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, with auxiliary bishops André Gazaille, and Lionel Gendron.

As of 2004, the archdiocese contains 219 parishes, 584 active diocesan priests, 699 religious priests, and 1,600,000 Catholics. It also has 4,702 Women Religious, 1,179 Religious Brothers, and 103 permanent deacons.

Cathedrals

The current cathedral of the Archdiocese of Montreal is the Cathedral Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World and St. James the Great (Basilique cathédrale de Marie-Reine-du-Monde et de Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur), built in 1894.

Prior to that, the diocese had five cathedral churches:

• Notre-Dame Church (ancestor of today's Notre-Dame Basilica), 1821–1822
• Chapel of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1822–1825
• Cathédrale Saint-Jacques, 1825–1852 (destroyed by fire, now part of the Judith-Jasmin pavilion of UQAM)
• the chapel of the Asile de la Providence (corner of Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Hubert, site of the present Esplanade Émilie-Gamelin), 1852–1855
• a small chapel at the site of the present archdiocese building, 1855–1894^[1]

Residential bishops

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

1. Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue (1821–1840)
2. Bishop Ignace Bourget (1840–1876)
3. Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre (1876–1896)
4. Archbishop Paul Bruchési (1897–1939) [1]
5. Archbishop Georges Gauthier (1939–1940)
6. Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau (1940–1950) [2]
7. Cardinal Archbishop Paul-Émile Léger (1950–1968)
8. Cardinal Archbishop Paul Grégoire (1968–1990)
9. Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte (1990–present)

References

• Archdiocese of Montreal page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006

1. ^ "Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde: Historique" (HTML). Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde Web site. http://cathedrale-mrdm.blogspot.com/search/label/Historique. Retrieved 2009-11-17.  

External links

• Diocèse de Montréal