Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montréal, Canada

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilique-Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde et Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec
Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basilique de Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal, Montréal, Québec
Minor Basilica: Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Minor Basilica: St. Patrick’s Basilica, Montréal, Québec
Former Cathedral (now secular): Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (249)

Valleyfield (↙), Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier (↖), Joliette (↑), Saint-Hyacinthe (→), Saint-Jean–Longueuil (↘)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012.03.20 – ...):	Archbishop Christian Lépine (72)
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.04.19 – ...):	Bishop Alain Faubert (58) Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Montréal (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Christian Lépine (72)
(2012.03.20 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

Si scires donum Dei

Born:	1951.09.18 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1983.09.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.09.10

Priest of Montréal (Canada) (1983.09.07 – 2011.07.11)

Titular Bishop of Zabi (2011.07.11 – 2012.03.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (2011.07.11 – 2012.03.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (2012.03.20 – ...)

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte
(1990.03.17 – 2012.03.20)

Servir le Seigneur dans la joie

Born:	1936.06.26 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1959.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.06.29
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26
Died:	2015.04.08 (Montréal, QC, Canada † 78)

Priest of Montréal (Canada) (1959.05.24 – 1982.04.14)

Titular Bishop of Suas (1982.04.14 – 1990.03.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1982.04.14 – 1990.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1990.03.17 – 2012.03.20)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (1994.11.26 – 2015.04.08)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1997 – 1999)

Cardinal Paul Grégoire
(1968.04.20 – 1990.03.17)

Caritas et sapientia

Born:	1911.10.24 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1937.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.12.27
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28
Died:	1993.10.30 (Montréal, QC, Canada † 82)

Priest of Montréal (Canada) (1937.05.22 – 1961.10.26)

Titular Bishop of Curubis (1961.10.26 – 1968.04.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1961.10.26 – 1968.04.20)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Montréal (Canada) (1967.12.11 – 1968.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1968.04.20 – 1990.03.17)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (1988.06.28 – 1993.10.30)

Bishop Paul Grégoire (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1967.12.11 – 1968.04.20)

Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S.
(1950.03.25 – 1968.04.20)

Ipsa duce non fatigaris / Apostolus Jesu Christi

Born:	1904.04.26 (Saint-Anicet, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1929.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.04.26
Created Cardinal:	1953.01.12
Died:	1991.11.13 (Montréal, QC, Canada † 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1950.03.25 – 1968.04.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1953.01.15 – 1991.11.13)

Protopriest of College of Cardinals (1989.05.02 – 1991.11.13)

Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau
(1940.08.31 – 1950.02.09)

Ad augusta per angusta

Born:	1892.07.31 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1916.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.08.15
Died:	1959.11.19 († 67)

Bishop of Hearst (Canada) (1939.06.22 – 1940.05.21)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1940.05.21 – 1940.08.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1940.08.31 – 1950.02.09)

Titular Archbishop of Bosporus (1950.02.09 – 1959.11.19)

Archbishop George Gauthier
(1939.09.20 – 1940.08.31)

Posuit custodes

Born:	1871.10.09 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1894.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.08.24
Died:	1940.08.31 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Philippopolis (1912.06.28 – 1923.04.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1912.06.28 – 1923.04.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Montréal (Canada) (1921.10.18 – 1939.09.20)

Titular Archbishop of Tharona (1923.04.05 – 1939.09.20)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1923.04.05 – 1939.09.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1939.09.20 – 1940.08.31)

Archbishop George Gauthier
(Apostolic Administrator 1921.10.18 – 1939.09.20)

Archbishop Paul Bruchési
(1897.06.25 – 1939.09.20)

In Domino confido

Born:	1855.10.29 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1878.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.08.08
Died:	1939.09.20 († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1897.06.25 – 1939.09.20)

Archbishop Edouard Charles Fabre
(1886.06.08 – 1896.12.30)

In fide et lenitate

Born:	1827.02.28 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1850.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.05.01
Died:	1896.12.30 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (1873.04.01 – 1876.05.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1873.04.01 – 1876.05.11)

Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1876.05.11 – 1886.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1886.06.08 – 1896.12.30)

Bishops of Montréal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edouard Charles Fabre (later Archbishop)
(1876.05.11 – 1886.06.08)

(see above)

Bishop Ignace Bourget (later Archbishop)
(1840.04.19 – 1876.06.26)

Born:	1799.10.30 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1822.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1837.07.25
Died:	1885.06.08 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Telmissus (1837.03.10 – 1840.04.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1837.03.10 – 1840.04.19)

Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1840.04.19 – 1876.06.26)

Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1876.06.26 – 1885.06.08)

Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue, P.S.S.
(1836.05.13 – 1840.04.19)

Born:	1777.06.20 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1800.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1821.01.21
Died:	1840.04.19 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Telmissus (1820.02.01 – 1836.05.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1820.02.01 – 1836.05.13)

Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1836.05.13 – 1840.04.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau (1940.05.21 – 1940.08.31)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop George Gauthier (1923.04.05 – 1939.09.20)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Edouard Charles Fabre (later Archbishop) (1873.04.01 – 1876.05.11)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Larocque (1852.07.06 – 1860.06.22)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Charles Prince (1844.07.05 – 1852.06.08)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Ignace Bourget (later Archbishop) (1837.03.10 – 1840.04.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Frank Leo (52) (later Archbishop) (2022.07.16 – 2023.02.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Dowd (53) (2011.07.11 – 2020.10.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Christian Lépine (72) (later Archbishop) (2011.07.11 – 2012.03.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop André Gazaille (77) (2006.02.11 – 2011.07.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. (79) (2006.02.11 – 2010.10.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anthony Mancini (77) (later Archbishop) (1999.02.18 – 2007.10.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Louis Dicaire (1999.02.18 – 2004.06.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop André Rivest (81) (1995.06.27 – 2004.06.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Neil E. Willard (1995.06.27 – 1998.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Claude Turcotte (later Cardinal) (1982.04.14 – 1990.03.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jude Saint-Antoine (92) (1981.03.20 – 2006.02.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. (1981.03.20 – 1991.08.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Marie Lafontaine (1979.04.18 – 1981.06.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leonard James Crowley (1971.02.08 – 1997.03.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Norman Joseph Gallagher (1966 – 1970.04.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. (1964.06.05 – 1996.04.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Grégoire (later Cardinal) (1961.10.26 – 1968.04.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Léo Blais (1959.03.18 – 1971.05.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Valérien Bélanger (1956.03.16 – 1983.02.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Laurent Morin (1955.09.08 – 1959.02.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lawrence-Patrick Whelan (1941.06.28 – 1980.10.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph-Conrad Chaumont (1941.06.28 – 1966.10.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alphonse-Emmanuel Deschamps (1925.02.20 – 1940.06.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop George Gauthier (later Archbishop) (1912.06.28 – 1923.04.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop François-Théophile-Zotique Racicot (1905.01.14 – 1915.09.14)

Tweets

Contact Info

Address: 2000 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, QC H3H 1G4, Canada

Phone: +1 (514) 931-7311

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 947 km²

Population: 1,873,105 Catholics (71.3% of 2,625,984 total) (2021)

Statistics: 162 parishes, 31 missions, 801 priests (412 diocesan, 389 religious), 72 deacons, 2,413 religious (515 brothers, 1,898 sisters), 9 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Assumption of Mary (August 15), Mary Queen of the World (May 31)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 13 (2017)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1836.05.13: Established as Diocese of Montréal / Marianopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Archdiocese of Québec)
1844.07.12: Became suffragan of Québec
1852.06.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
1886.06.08: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montréal / Marianopolitan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Saint-Hyacinthe and Sherbrooke)
1892.04.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Valleyfield and gained suffragan see Valleyfield
1904.01.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Joliette and gained suffragan see Joliette
1933.06.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec and gained suffragan see Saint-Jean-de-Québec
1951.03.02: Lost suffragan sees Saint-Hyacinthe and Sherbrooke
1951.06.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint-Jérôme and gained suffragan see Saint-Jérôme

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1984.09)