Roman Catholic Diocese of Mont-Laurier explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Mont-Laurier
Latin:Dioecesis Montis Laurei
Coat:File:Diocese_of_Mont-Laurier.jpg
Coat Size:200px
Coat Caption:Logo of the Diocese
Country: Canada
Province:Gatineau
Population:101,000
Population As Of:2021
Catholics:81,250
Catholics Percent:80.4
Parishes:16
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
Bishop:Raymond Poisson
Metro Archbishop:Paul-André Durocher
Emeritus Bishops:Paul Lortie
Vital Massé
Map:Bistum Mont-Laurier.svg

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pope Francis unifies 2 Canadian dioceses and appoints bishop - Vatican News . www.vaticannews.va . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200612184418/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-06/pope-appointment-canada-dioceses-union-laurier-jerome-poisson.html . 2020-06-12.