The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. A metropolitan see, its arch episcopal see is the Montreal, Quebec. It includes Montreal and surrounding areas within Quebec.

Cathedrals

The cathedral of the Archdiocese of Montréal is the Cathedral Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World and St. James the Greater (Basilique cathédrale de Marie-Reine-du-Monde et de Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur), built in 1894. Previously, the diocese had five cathedrals. (From 1821 to 1836, they were the seat of the auxiliary bishop of Quebec in Montréal.)

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,724,357 Catholics (72.3% of 2,386,038 total) on 947 km² in 170 parishes and 35 missions with 901 priests (377 diocesan, 524 religious), 87 deacons, 3,817 lay religious (741 brothers, 3,076 sisters) and 16 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal's province has as suffragan sees:

Leadership

Ordinaries

Below is a list of individuals who have led the Archdiocese of Montreal and its antecedent jurisdictions since its founding.

Bishops of Montreal

Archbishops of Montreal

Coadjutor archbishops

Under the Code of Canon Law, the coadjutor bishop has the right of succession (cum jure successionis) upon the death, retirement or resignation of the diocesan bishop he is assisting. All coadjutor ordinaries except for John Charles Prince and Joseph La Rocque eventually succeeded to become head of the Archdiocese of Montreal or its antecedent jurisdictions.

Auxiliary episcopate

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Sources and external links