Roman Catholic Diocese of Mont-Laurier
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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
The 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
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- Diocese of Mont-Laurier page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006