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Diocese of Trois-Rivières

Dioecesis Trifluvianensis in Canada



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Bishop(s)

  • Martin Laliberté, P.M.E., Bishop
  • Joseph-Luc-André Bouchard, Bishop Emeritus
  • Martin Veillette, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 8 June 1852
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Québec
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: Québec
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 34,956 (13,501 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Quebec
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: TR
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocese-trois-rivieres.org/
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, C.P. 879, 362 rue Bonaventure, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5J9, Canada
  • Telephone: (819)379-1432
  • Fax: 375-6382

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
8 June 1852ErectedDiocese of Montréal
Archdiocese of Québec
Diocese of Trois-Rivières (erected)
28 August 1874Territory LostArchdiocese of Québec
Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
Diocese of Trois-Rivières
Diocese of Sherbrooke (erected)
1877Territory LostDiocese of Trois-Rivières (Parishes of St-Théodore and St-André d'Acton) Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
11 July 1882Territory LostDiocese of Ottawa
Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface
Diocese of Trois-Rivières
Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac (erected)
10 July 1885Territory LostDiocese of Trois-Rivières Diocese of Nicolet (erected)
3 December 1938Territory AddedDiocese of Haileybury (St. Maurice and La Violette) Diocese of Trois-Rivières
3 January 1966Territory AddedArchdiocese 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
6 June 1966Territory LostDiocese of Trois-Rivières (Saint-Charles-de-Mandeville (in Berthier and Maskinongé) and Saint-Ignace-du-Lac (in Maskinongé)) Diocese of Joliette
23 January 1975Territory AddedArchdiocese of Québec (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Lac-Édouard)) Diocese of Trois-Rivières
31 May 2007Territory AddedDiocese of Amos Diocese of Chicoutimi (Opitciwan (Obedjiwan))
Diocese of Joliette (Manawan)
Diocese of Trois-Rivières (Parent)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950181,973184,82998.5%238893275564951,52583ap1951
1966241,380244,69398.6%3001064065944491,72792ap1967
1970236,909240,95398.3%3061184245584481,62397ap1971
1976227,755230,29198.9%2561113676203661,39397ap1977
1980242,000245,00098.8%2349933372623341,23297ap1981
1990256,930261,49198.3%1811052868981528897494ap1991
1999249,919253,85598.4%159842431,0282617572391ap2000
2000251,210255,64798.3%134842181,1522816569691ap2001
2001251,210255,64798.3%129852141,1732917769685ap2002
2002250,327256,20897.7%127812081,2033117362884ap2003
2003247,971251,65898.5%121822031,2213115559384ap2004
2004247,999250,71598.9%116771931,2843315257866ap2005
2010245,108248,27498.7%98751731,4163013640463ap2011
2014255,000265,30096.1%85611461,7463212333162ap2015
2017263,780274,30096.2%87511381,911309830362ap2018
2020230,790237,16597.3%67521191,939319028262ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 566
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 376
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 177
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 31, Page 166
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 240, and Page 241
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 118, and Page 119

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