Québec (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., Cardinal, Archbishop
Juan Carlos Londoño, Auxiliary Bishop
Marc Pelchat, Auxiliary Bishop
Jean Tailleur, Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 12 January 1819
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Province: Québec
Country: Canada
Square Kilometers: 35,180 (13,588 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Quebec
Catholic Directory Abbreviation: Q
Official Web Site: http://www.ecdq.org/
Mailing Address: Chancellerie, 1073 boul. René-Lévesque Ouest, Sillery, QC G1S 4R5, Canada
Telephone: (418)688-1211
Fax: 688-2960

Historical Details

Vicariate Apostolic of New France (Nouvelle-France)
- Erected: 11 April 1658
- Vicariate
- Country: Canada
Diocese of Québec
- Latin Name: Quebecensis
- Elevated: 1 October 1674
- Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Province: Québec
- Country: Canada

Past and Present Ordinaries

St. François-Xavier de Laval de Montmorency † (11 Apr 1658 Appointed - 24 Jan 1688 Resigned)
Jean-Baptiste de la Croix Chevrière de St. Vallier † (7 Jul 1687 Confirmed - 26 Dec 1727 Died)
Louis-François Du Plessis de Mornay, O.F.M. Cap. † (26 Dec 1727 Succeeded - 12 Sep 1733 Resigned)
Pierre-Herman Dosquet, P.S.S. † (12 Sep 1733 Succeeded - 25 Jun 1739 Resigned)
François-Louis Pourroy de L’Auberivière † (20 Jul 1739 Confirmed - 20 Aug 1740 Died)
Henri-Marie du Breuil de Pontbriand † (6 Mar 1741 Confirmed - 8 Jun 1760 Died)
Jean-Olivier Briand † (21 Jan 1766 Appointed - 29 Nov 1784 Resigned)
Louis-Philippe-François Mariauchau d’Esgly † (29 Nov 1784 Succeeded - 4 Jun 1788 Died)
Jean-François Hubert † (4 Jun 1788 Succeeded - 1 Sep 1797 Resigned)
Pierre Denaut † (1 Sep 1797 Succeeded - 17 Jan 1806 Died)
Joseph-Octave Plessis † (17 Jan 1806 Succeeded - 4 Dec 1825 Died)
Bernard-Claude Panet † (4 Dec 1825 Succeeded - 14 Feb 1833 Died)
Joseph Signay † (14 Feb 1833 Succeeded - 3 Oct 1850 Died)
Pierre-Flavien Turgeon † (3 Oct 1850 Succeeded - 25 Aug 1867 Died)
Charles-François Baillargeon † (25 Aug 1867 Succeeded - 13 Oct 1870 Died)
Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau † (24 Dec 1870 Appointed - 12 Apr 1898 Died)
Louis-Nazaire Bégin † (12 Apr 1898 Succeeded - 19 Jul 1925 Died)
Paul-Eugène Roy † (18 Jul 1925 Succeeded - 20 Feb 1926 Died)
Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. † (9 Jul 1926 Appointed - 31 May 1931 Died)
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. † (11 Dec 1931 Appointed - 17 Jan 1947 Died)
Maurice Roy † (2 Jun 1947 Appointed - 20 Mar 1981 Retired)
Louis-Albert Vachon † (20 Mar 1981 Appointed - 17 Mar 1990 Retired)
Maurice Couture, R.S.V. † (17 Mar 1990 Appointed - 15 Nov 2002 Retired)
Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S. (15 Nov 2002 Appointed - 30 Jun 2010 Resigned)
Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. (22 Feb 2011 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Vicariate Apostolic of New France (Nouvelle-France)
11 April 1658	Erected	Archdiocese of Rouen	Vicariate Apostolic of New France (Nouvelle-France) (erected)
Diocese of Québec
1 October 1674	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of New France (Nouvelle-France)	Diocese of Québec (Most of North America (from Gulf of St. Lawrence to Gulf of Mexico, excluding New England, Florida, and California))
1763	Territory Lost	Diocese of Québec	Prefecture Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (erected) ((13 Jun 1818 and 4 Mar 1912))
30 May 1784	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of London District (formally) Diocese of Québec (de facto)	Prefecture Apostolic of Newfoundland (erected)
4 July 1817	Territory Lost	Diocese of Québec	Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia (erected)
12 January 1819	Territory Lost	Diocese of Québec	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Canada (erected)
Archdiocese of Québec
12 January 1819	Elevated	Diocese of Québec	Archdiocese of Québec
1 February 1820	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec (Anticosti Island and the Labrador coast)	Vicariate Apostolic of Newfoundland
11 August 1829	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec (Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and the Magdalen Islands)	Diocese of Charlottetown (erected)
4 September 1829	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec (Cape Breton)	Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia
13 May 1836	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec	Diocese of Montréal (erected)
1 December 1843	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Baltimore Archdiocese of Québec	Vicariate Apostolic of Oregon Territory (erected) (From California to Alaska, from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean)
16 April 1844	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec	Vicariate Apostolic of North-West (Nord-Ouest) (erected)
12 July 1844	Elevated		Archdiocese of Québec (became a Metropolitan)
8 June 1852	Territory Lost	Diocese of Montréal (Counties of St-Hyacinthe, Richelieu, Rouville, Missisquoi, Shefford, and Stanstead) Archdiocese of Québec (Parts of the county of Sherbrooke)	Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe (erected)
8 June 1852	Territory Lost	Diocese of Montréal Archdiocese of Québec	Diocese of Trois-Rivières (erected)
15 January 1867	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec	Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of) (erected)
28 August 1874	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe Diocese of Trois-Rivières	Diocese of Sherbrooke (erected)
28 May 1878	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec	Diocese of Chicoutimi (erected)
20 July 1909	Territory Added	Diocese of Nicolet (Bellevue)	Archdiocese of Québec
28 June 1929	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec (Blier)	Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of)
26 April 1941	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec (Canton Price)	Diocese of Sherbrooke
23 June 1951	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec (Kamouraslca, Islet, Montmagny, and Rivière du Loup)	Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (erected)
3 January 1966	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec (St. Rémi du Lac aux Sables, St. Leopold de Eervey Jonction, Notre Dame des Anges de Montauban, and Saint Eloi les Mines)	Diocese of Trois-Rivières
23 January 1975	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Lac-Édouard))	Diocese of Trois-Rivières
23 January 1975	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Québec (Ganton Sagard)	Diocese of Chicoutimi

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Québec

1950 622,000 632,100 98.4% 1,100 351 1,451 428 399 6,500 285 ap1951

1966 710,421 716,864 99.1% 1,052 513 1,565 453 1,360 7,720 275 ap1967

1970 761,728 768,351 99.1% 1,005 576 1,581 481 148 6,992 272 ap1971

1976 873,165 885,601 98.6% 957 560 1,517 575 26 1,479 6,500 276 ap1977

1980 954,359 993,138 96.1% 894 614 1,508 632 35 1,319 6,223 274 ap1981

1990 1,041,116 1,063,406 97.9% 704 454 1,158 899 62 1,045 4,657 273 ap1991

1999 1,042,762 1,075,188 97.0% 568 349 917 1,137 79 763 3,816 254 ap2000

2000 1,014,361 1,047,001 96.9% 550 356 906 1,119 81 778 3,812 249 ap2001

2001 1,027,948 1,072,950 95.8% 535 361 896 1,147 82 762 3,771 234 ap2002

2002 1,040,227 1,080,135 96.3% 518 351 869 1,197 86 747 3,766 233 ap2003

2003 1,047,425 1,098,212 95.4% 518 342 860 1,217 93 767 3,502 229 ap2004

2004 1,076,180 1,149,301 93.6% 498 348 846 1,272 91 734 3,282 227 ap2005

2010 1,040,690 1,195,261 87.1% 418 283 701 1,484 95 629 2,729 219 ap2011

2014 1,062,746 1,226,493 86.6% 388 246 634 1,676 90 400 2,662 207 ap2015

2017 1,015,815 1,277,354 79.5% 349 261 610 1,665 84 591 1,971 201 ap2018

2020 984,743 1,287,105 76.5% 305 173 478 2,060 78 369 1,729 40 ap2021

2022 1,000,849 1,299,330 77.0% 271 139 410 2,441 77 310 1,498 40 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Québec
1950	622,000	632,100	98.4%	1,100	351	1,451	428		399	6,500	285	ap1951
1966	710,421	716,864	99.1%	1,052	513	1,565	453		1,360	7,720	275	ap1967
1970	761,728	768,351	99.1%	1,005	576	1,581	481		148	6,992	272	ap1971
1976	873,165	885,601	98.6%	957	560	1,517	575	26	1,479	6,500	276	ap1977
1980	954,359	993,138	96.1%	894	614	1,508	632	35	1,319	6,223	274	ap1981
1990	1,041,116	1,063,406	97.9%	704	454	1,158	899	62	1,045	4,657	273	ap1991
1999	1,042,762	1,075,188	97.0%	568	349	917	1,137	79	763	3,816	254	ap2000
2000	1,014,361	1,047,001	96.9%	550	356	906	1,119	81	778	3,812	249	ap2001
2001	1,027,948	1,072,950	95.8%	535	361	896	1,147	82	762	3,771	234	ap2002
2002	1,040,227	1,080,135	96.3%	518	351	869	1,197	86	747	3,766	233	ap2003
2003	1,047,425	1,098,212	95.4%	518	342	860	1,217	93	767	3,502	229	ap2004
2004	1,076,180	1,149,301	93.6%	498	348	846	1,272	91	734	3,282	227	ap2005
2010	1,040,690	1,195,261	87.1%	418	283	701	1,484	95	629	2,729	219	ap2011
2014	1,062,746	1,226,493	86.6%	388	246	634	1,676	90	400	2,662	207	ap2015
2017	1,015,815	1,277,354	79.5%	349	261	610	1,665	84	591	1,971	201	ap2018
2020	984,743	1,287,105	76.5%	305	173	478	2,060	78	369	1,729	40	ap2021
2022	1,000,849	1,299,330	77.0%	271	139	410	2,441	77	310	1,498	40	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Jean-Pierre Blais (Priest: 11 May 1974; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Nov 1994 to 12 Dec 2008)
Claude Champagne, O.M.I.
Louis Corriveau (Deacon: 15 Aug 1989; Priest: 16 Jun 1990; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Oct 2016 to 21 May 2019)
Raúl Corriveau, P.M.E.
Denis Croteau, O.M.I.
Denis Grondin (Priest: 21 May 1989; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 2011 to 4 May 2015)
Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Apr 2009; Archbishop: 22 Feb 2011 - )
Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Nov 2019 to 14 Mar 2022)
Gilles Lemay (Priest: 18 Jun 1972; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Feb 2005 to 22 Feb 2011)
Juan Carlos Londoño (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 2023)
Paul Lortie (Priest: 16 May 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Apr 2009 to 2 Feb 2012)
Yvan Mathieu, S.M.
Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette (Priest: 8 Jun 1968; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Feb 1987 to 17 Mar 1990)
Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S. (Archbishop: 15 Nov 2002 to 30 Jun 2010)
Marc Pelchat (Priest: 19 Jun 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Oct 2016)
Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 2011 to 2 Jul 2016)
Raymond Saint-Gelais
Noël Simard (Priest: 28 May 1972 to 16 Jul 2008)
Jean Tailleur (Priest: 25 Nov 1990; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 2024)
Eugène Tremblay (Priest: 24 Jun 1962; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Nov 1994 to 3 May 2004)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Lionel Audet † (Priest: 8 Jul 1934; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Feb 1952 to 26 Mar 1983)
Charles-François Baillargeon † (Priest: 1 Jun 1822; Coadjutor Archbishop: 14 Jan 1851; Apostolic Administrator: 12 Apr 1855; Archbishop: 25 Aug 1867 to 13 Oct 1870)
Charles-François Bailly de Messein † (Priest: 20 Mar 1767; Coadjutor Bishop: 26 Sep 1788 to 20 May 1794)
Louis-Nazaire Bégin † (Priest: 10 Jun 1865 to 1 Oct 1888; Coadjutor Archbishop: 22 Mar 1892; Archbishop: 12 Apr 1898 to 19 Jul 1925)
Paul Bernier † (Priest: 17 Jun 1928 to 7 Aug 1952)
André-Albert Blais † (Priest: 6 Jun 1868 to 28 Dec 1889)
Augustin-Magloire-Alexandre Blanchet † (Priest: 3 Jun 1821 to 28 Jul 1846)
François-Norbert Blanchet † (Priest: 18 Jul 1819 to 1 Dec 1843)
François-Xavier Bossé † (Priest: 4 Oct 1863 to 29 May 1882)
Ignace Bourget †
Jean-Olivier Briand † (Bishop: 21 Jan 1766 to 29 Nov 1784)
Rosario L. Brodeur †
Edmund Burke † (Priest: 1787 to 4 Jul 1817)
Jean-Baptiste de la Croix Chevrière de St. Vallier † (Bishop: 7 Jul 1687 to 26 Dec 1727)
Thomas Cooke † (Priest: 11 Sep 1814 to 8 Jun 1852)
Jean-Guy Couture † (Priest: 30 May 1953 to 21 Jun 1975)
Maurice Couture, R.S.V. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jul 1982 to 1 Dec 1988; Archbishop: 17 Mar 1990 to 15 Nov 2002)
Modeste Demers † (Priest: 7 Feb 1836 to 28 Jul 1846)
Pierre Denaut † (Priest: 25 Jan 1767; Coadjutor Bishop: 30 Sep 1794; Bishop: 1 Sep 1797 to 17 Jan 1806)
Bruno Desrochers † (Priest: 30 Jun 1934 to 13 Jul 1951)
William Dollard (Dullard) † (Priest: 12 Oct 1817 to 30 Sep 1842)
Pierre-Herman Dosquet, P.S.S. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Nov 1727; Coadjutor Bishop: 24 Jul 1730; Bishop: 12 Sep 1733 to 25 Jun 1739)
Arthur Douville † (Priest: 25 May 1919 to 30 Nov 1939)
Henri-Marie du Breuil de Pontbriand † (Bishop: 6 Mar 1741 to 8 Jun 1760)
Louis-François Du Plessis de Mornay, O.F.M. Cap. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 26 Feb 1714; Bishop: 26 Dec 1727 to 12 Sep 1733)
Clément Fecteau † (Priest: 16 Jun 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jun 1989 to 10 May 1996)
Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier † (Priest: 16 Jun 1944 to 15 Nov 1960)
Pierre-André Fournier † (Priest: 10 Jun 1967; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Feb 2005 to 3 Jul 2008)
Jean Gagnon † (Priest: 4 Jun 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Dec 1998 to 15 Nov 2002)
Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. †
Charles-Omer Garant † (Priest: 10 May 1923; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Apr 1948 to 21 Oct 1962)
Rémi Gaulin † (Priest: 13 Oct 1811 to 10 May 1833)
André Gaumond †
Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. †
Elphège Gravel †
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † (Priest: 19 Sep 1897 to 18 Apr 1918)
Edward John Horan †
Jean-François Hubert † (Priest: 20 Jul 1766; Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Jun 1785; Bishop: 4 Jun 1788 to 1 Sep 1797)
Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †
Michel-Thomas Labrecque †
Jean-Paul Labrie † (Priest: 20 May 1951; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Apr 1977 to 19 Apr 1995)
Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. †
Germaine-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. †
Jean-Pierre-François Laforce Langevin † (Priest: 12 Sep 1844 to 15 Jan 1867)
Joseph-Alfred Langlois † (Priest: 25 May 1902; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jul 1924 to 10 Jul 1926)
Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. †
Edgar Larochelle, P.M.E. †
Charles LaRocque † (Priest: 29 Jul 1832 to 20 Mar 1866)
Joseph La Rocque † (Priest: 14 Mar 1835 to 6 Jul 1852)
Jean-Jacques Lartigue, P.S.S. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Feb 1820 to 13 May 1836)
St. François-Xavier de Laval de Montmorency † (Vicar Apostolic: 11 Apr 1658; Bishop: 1 Oct 1674 to 24 Jan 1688)
Marc Leclerc † (Priest: 31 May 1958; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jul 1982 to 30 Jun 1998)
Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †
Charles Henri Lévesque †
Aeneas Bernard MacEachern † (Priest: 16 Feb 1787; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jan 1819 to 11 Aug 1829)
Thomas Maguire † (Priest: 11 Oct 1799 to 17 Jul 1854)
Louis-Philippe-François Mariauchau d’Esgly † (Priest: 18 Sep 1734; Coadjutor Bishop: 22 Jan 1772; Bishop: 29 Nov 1784 to 4 Jun 1788)
Olivier Elzéar Mathieu † (Priest: 2 Jun 1878 to 21 Jul 1911)
Lawrence Stephen McMahon †
Bl. Louis-Zéphirin Moreau †
Laurent Noël † (Priest: 16 Jun 1944; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jun 1963 to 8 Nov 1975)
Bernard-Claude Panet † (Priest: 25 Oct 1778; Coadjutor Bishop: 12 Aug 1806; Coadjutor Archbishop: 12 Jan 1819; Archbishop: 4 Dec 1825 to 14 Feb 1833)
Roch Pedneault †
Georges Léon Pelletier † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Dec 1942 to 26 Jul 1947)
Joseph-Omer Plante † (Priest: 27 May 1893; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jun 1927 to 5 Apr 1948)
Joseph-Octave Plessis † (Priest: 11 Mar 1786; Coadjutor Bishop: 26 Apr 1800; Bishop: 17 Jan 1806; Archbishop: 12 Jan 1819 to 4 Dec 1825)
François-Louis Pourroy de L’Auberivière † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1739 to 20 Aug 1740)
Michael Power † (Priest: 19 Aug 1827 to 17 Dec 1841)
John Charles Prince † (Priest: 23 Sep 1826 to 5 Jul 1844)
Joseph Norbert Provencher † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Feb 1820 to 16 Apr 1844)
Antoine Racine †
Dominique Racine †
Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. † (Archbishop: 9 Jul 1926 to 31 May 1931)
Maurice Roy † (Priest: 12 Jun 1927 to 22 Feb 1946; Archbishop: 2 Jun 1947 to 20 Mar 1981)
Paul-Eugène Roy † (Priest: 13 Jun 1886; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Apr 1908; Coadjutor Archbishop: 1 Jun 1920; Archbishop: 18 Jul 1925 to 20 Feb 1926)
Égide Marie (Donat) Roy, O.F.M. †
Joseph Signay † (Priest: 28 Mar 1802; Coadjutor Archbishop: 15 Dec 1826; Archbishop: 14 Feb 1833 to 3 Oct 1850)
Pierre-Antoine Tabeau † (Deacon: 14 Oct 1804; Priest: 13 Oct 1805; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Oct 1834 to 18 May 1835)
Alexandre Antonin Taché, O.M.I. †
Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau † (Priest: 10 Sep 1842; Archbishop: 24 Dec 1870 to 12 Apr 1898)
Pierre-Flavien Turgeon † (Priest: 29 Apr 1810; Coadjutor Archbishop: 28 Feb 1834; Archbishop: 3 Oct 1850 to 25 Aug 1867)
Alexandre Vachon †
Louis-Albert Vachon † (Priest: 11 Jun 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Apr 1977; Archbishop: 20 Mar 1981 to 17 Mar 1990)
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1931 to 17 Jan 1947)

Source(s)

Diocese of Québec
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 326
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 350
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 176, to Page 177
Archdiocese of Québec
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 1, Page 622, and Page 623

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