Diocese of

Mont-Laurier

Canada

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 19,968 km²

Population: 77,965 Catholics (80.5% of 96,910 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gatineau

Neighbouring Dioceses: Pembroke (↙), Rouyn-Noranda (↖), Amos (↑), Joliette (→), Saint-Jérôme (↘), Gatineau (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 12 (1985)

Statistics: 19 parishes, 11 missions, 31 priests (28 diocesan, 3 religious), 2 deacons, 14 lay religious (3 brothers, 11 sisters) (2015)

Address: 435 rue de la Madone, Mont-Laurier, QC J9L 1S1, Canada

Phone: +1 (819) 623-5530

Website:

History

1913.04.21: Established as Diocese of Mont-Laurier / Montis Laurei (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa)
1951.06.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint-Jérôme

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière, Mont-Laurier, Québec

All Churches (24)

Pembroke (↙), Rouyn-Noranda (↖), Amos (↑), Joliette (→), Saint-Jérôme (↘), Gatineau (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.02.02 – ...):

Bishop Paul Lortie (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mont-Laurier (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Lortie (74)
(2012.02.02 – ...)

Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Born:	1944.03.17 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1970.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.05.24

Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana (2009.04.07 – 2012.02.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (2009.04.07 – 2012.02.02)

Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) (2012.02.02 – ...)

Bishop Vital Massé (82)
(2001.09.08 – 2012.02.02)

Bishop emeritus of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

Avec Lui, ensemble, risquer l’avenir

Born:	1936.12.16 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1962.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.12.08

Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli (1993.10.20 – 2001.09.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (Canada) (1993.10.20 – 2001.09.08)

Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) (2001.09.08 – 2012.02.02)

Bishop Jean Gratton
(1978.05.10 – 2001.09.08)

Un seul corps, un seul esprit

Born:	1924.12.04 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1952.04.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.06.29
Died:	2011.04.14 († 86)

Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) (1978.05.10 – 2001.09.08)

Bishop Joseph Louis André Ouellette
(1965.03.27 – 1978.05.10)

Evangelizare Divitias Christi

Born:	1913.02.04 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.02.25
Died:	2001.10.11 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Carrhæ (1956.11.29 – 1965.03.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) (1956.11.29 – 1965.03.27)

Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) (1965.03.27 – 1978.05.10)

Archbishop Joseph-Eugène Limoges
(1922.09.11 – 1965.03.01)

Born:	1879.11.15 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1902.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.11.30
Died:	1965.03.01 († 85)

Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) (1922.09.11 – 1965.03.01)

Archbishop ad personam (1957 – 1965.03.01)

Bishop François-Xavier Brunet
(1913.08.06 – 1922.01.07)

Crux spes unica

Born:	1868.11.26 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1893.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.10.28
Died:	1922.01.07 († 53)

Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) (1913.08.06 – 1922.01.07)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Louis André Ouellette (1956.11.29 – 1965.03.27)

as of 2019.01.17

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