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Archdiocese of Montréal (French: Archidiocèse de Montréal) Archidioecesis Marianopolitanis |
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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 |
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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.
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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:
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Montréal and their terms of service:
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