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.
Diocese of Mont-Laurier Dioecesis Montis Laurei | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Gatineau |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 101,000 81,250 (80.4%) |
Parishes | 16 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1913 |
Dissolved | 2022 (united with Diocese of Saint-Jérôme) |
Cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière |
Leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Raymond Poisson |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Paul-André Durocher |
Bishops emeritus | Paul Lortie Vital Massé |
Map | |
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Website | |
dioceseml.com |
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
editThe 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)
References
edit- ^ "Pope Francis unifies 2 Canadian dioceses and appoints bishop - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12.
- Diocese of Mont-Laurier page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006