Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton

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 Bathurst (Canada), Edmundston, and Saint John, New Brunswick.

Archdiocese of Moncton

Archidioecesis Monctonensis

Archidiocèse de Moncton
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceMoncton
Statistics
Area12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Population
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
108,000 (51.8%)
Parishes48
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1936
CathedralOur Lady of the Assumption Cathedral
Secular priests44
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopValéry Vienneau
Bishops emeritusAndré Richard, Ernest Léger
Website
diomoncton.ca

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 1983 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.[1]

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.

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)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
  • Albini LeBlanc, appointed Bishop of Hearst, Ontario in 1940
  • Daniel Joseph Bohan, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario in 2003

References
  1. Vatican press release Archived 2013-01-14 at Archive.today

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