Roman Catholic Diocese of Mont-Laurier

Diocese of Mont-Laurier

Dioecesis Montis Laurei
Cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière
Logo of the Diocese
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceGatineau
Statistics
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2021)
  • 101,000
  • 81,250 (80.4%)
Parishes16
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1913
Dissolved2022 (united with Diocese of Saint-Jérôme)
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière
Leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopRaymond Poisson
Metropolitan ArchbishopPaul-André Durocher
Bishops emeritusPaul Lortie
Vital Massé
Map
Website
dioceseml.com

The Diocese of Mont-Laurier (Latin: Dioecesis Montis Laurei) was a former Latin Church diocese that included part of the Province of Quebec. On 1 June 2022 the diocese was merged with the diocese of Saint-Jérôme, becoming the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier.

As of 2021, the Diocese had 16 parishes, 22 active diocesan priests, 2 religious priests, and 81,250 Catholics. It also had 5 Women Religious, and 2 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.

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 ("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:

References

  1. ^ "Pope Francis unifies 2 Canadian dioceses and appoints bishop - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12.
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