Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield

Diocese of Valleyfield Dioecesis Campivallensis
The Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Valleyfield
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Québec
Metropolitan	Montréal
Statistics
Population - Catholics	201,000 (73.9%)
Parishes	24
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1892
Cathedral	Basilique-Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Noël Simard
Metropolitan Archbishop	Christian Lépine

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield (Latin: Dioecesis Campivallensis) is a Catholic diocese in Quebec and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montreal. It was erected in 1892.^[1]

The diocese, which is based in the western suburbs of Montreal, features approximately 201,000 baptized Catholics. Parishioners are served by 73 priests, 17 deacons, 31 religious brothers, and 76 religious sisters. In 2008, the diocese consolidated its 63 parishes into 24.

Ordinaries

Joseph-Médard Émard (1892 - 1922)
Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau O.P. (1923 - 1926)
Joseph Alfred Langlois (1926 - 1966)
Percival Caza (1966 - 1969)
Guy Bélanger (1969 - 1975)
Robert Lebel (1976 - 2000)
Luc Cyr (2001 - 2011)
Noël Simard (since 2011)

References

↑ "Diocese of Valleyfield". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.

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