Roman Catholic Diocese of Mont-Laurier
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mont-Laurier (Latin: Dioecesis Montis Laurei) is a Roman Catholic diocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec. The diocese contains 51 parishes, 32 active diocesan priests, 7 religious priests, and 82,000 Catholics. It also has 66 Women Religious, and 15 Religious Brothers. The Vatican's website, as of 2011, gives an area of 19,968 (units not given); a total population of 95,256; a Catholic population of 77,340; 35 priests; 1 permanent deacon; and 58 religious.
Diocese of Mont-Laurier | |
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Cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière | |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Gatineau |
Population - Catholics (including non-members) | 82,000 (89.0%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Raymond Poisson |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Paul-André Durocher |
Bishops emeritus | Paul Lortie Vital Massé |
Website | |
dioceseml.com |
After Bishop Lortie's retirement, this diocese came under an Apostolic Administrator, Most Rev. Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau, the metropolitan of the (ecclesiastical) province which includes this diocese. On June 1, 2020, Pope Francis appointed Raymond Poisson to serve as Bishop of Mont-Laurier, concurrently as Bishop of Saint-Jerome, in the form of “in persona episcopi” (Latin, means "in the persons of the bishop).[1]
Diocesan bishops
The following is a list of the bishops of Mont-Laurier, including auxiliary bishops, and their terms of service:
- François-Xavier Brunet (1913-1922)
- Joseph-Eugène Limoges (1922-1965)
- Joseph Louis André Ouellette (1956-1978)
- Jean Gratton (1978-2001)
- Vital Massé (2001-2012)
- Paul Lortie (2012-2019)
- Raymond Poisson (2020–Present)