The Archdiocese of Gatineau ( la, Archidioecesis Gatinensis) is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
situated in the province of
Quebec
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. The Archdiocese of Gatineau is the
metropolitan of its
ecclesiastical province
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, which also contains three
suffragan dioceses:
Dioceses of Amos,
Mont-Laurier
Mont-Laurier () is a town and incorporated municipality in northwest Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Lièvre River (''Rivière du Lièvre''), a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the "Capital of the Haute-Laurentides", the motto ...
and
Rouyn-Noranda. It is currently led by Archbishop
Paul-André Durocher.
As of 2006, the archdiocese contains 61 parishes, 47 active diocesan priests, 29 religious priests, and 231,000 Catholics. It also has 202 women religious, and 39 religious brothers.
Diocesan bishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Gatineau and their terms of service:
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Paul-Émile Charbonneau
Paul-Émile Charbonneau (May 4, 1922 – May 21, 2014) was a Canadian Prelate of Catholic Church.
Charbonneau was born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec and was ordained a priest on May 31, 1947. Charbonneau was appointed auxiliary archbishop to ...
(1963–1973)
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Adolphe E. Proulx (1974–1987)
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Roger Ébacher
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(1988–2011)
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Paul-André Durocher (2011–present)
History
The archdiocese was founded in 1963 as the "Diocese of Hull," within the ecclesiastical province of Ottawa and with territory taken from the
Archdiocese of Ottawa
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...
. Its name was changed in 1982 to "Diocese of Gatineau–Hull." In 1990, the diocese was raised to the rank of a metropolitan see as the "Archdiocese of Gatineau–Hull." Its current name was established in 2005.
Cathedral
When the diocese was founded in 1963 as the Diocese of Hull, it had as its cathedral, Holy Redeemer Church in
Hull. In 1982, when it was renamed as the Diocese of Gatineau–Hull, it had two co-cathedrals, St. John Vianney Church in Gatineau and St. Joseph Church in Hull. In 2005, when it became the Archdiocese of Gatineau, it ceased to have co-cathedrals as St. Joseph Cathedral became the cathedral for the whole archdiocese.
Archdiocese of Gatineau-Hull changes its name
from Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
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, 9 November 2005, retrieved 4 January 2014
St. Joseph Cathedral entrance, Gatineau.JPG, Cathedral entrance
Campus 3 - Gatineau, QC.jpg, Former St. John Vianney Church in Gatineau
References
Organizations based in Gatineau
{{R-C provinces in Canada