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.
Diocese of Mont-Laurier Dioecesis Montis Laurei | |
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 Cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière | |
 Logo of the Diocese | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Gatineau |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 101,000 81,250 (80.4%) |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Information | |
| 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 |
| Leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Raymond Poisson |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Paul-André Durocher |
| Bishops emeritus | Paul Lortie Vital Massé |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| dioceseml.com | |
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
editThe following is a list of the bishops of Mont-Laurier, including auxiliary bishops, and their terms of service:
- François-Xavier Brunet (1913-1922)
- Joseph-Eugène Limoges (1922-1965)
- Joseph Louis André Ouellette (1956-1978)
- Jean Gratton (1978-2001)
- Vital Massé (2001-2012)
- Paul Lortie (2012-2019)
- Raymond Poisson (2020–Present)
References
edit- ^ "Pope Francis unifies 2 Canadian dioceses and appoints bishop - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12.
- Diocese of Mont-Laurier page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006