Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gatineau

Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Quebec

Archdiocese of Gatineau Archidioecesis Gatinensis Archidiocèse de Gatineau


Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Gatineau
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 277,192 231,325 (83.5%)
Parishes	61
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	St. Joseph Cathedral, Gatineau
Patron saint	Mary, Mother of the Church
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Paul-André Durocher
Bishops emeritus	Roger Ébacher
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Website
diocesegatineau.org

The Archdiocese of Gatineau (Latin: Archidioecesis Gatinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese situated in the province of Quebec. The Archdiocese of Gatineau is the metropolitan of its ecclesiastical province, which also contains two suffragan dioceses: Dioceses of Amos and Rouyn-Noranda. It is currently led by Archbishop Paul-André Durocher.

As of 2006, the archdiocese contains 61 parishes, 47 active diocesan priests, 29 religious priests, and 231,000 Catholics. It also has 202 women religious, and 39 religious brothers.^[1]

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Gatineau and their terms of service:

Paul-Émile Charbonneau (1963–1973)
Adolphe E. Proulx (1974–1987)
Roger Ébacher (1988–2011)
Paul-André Durocher (2011–present)

History

The archdiocese was founded in 1963 as the "Diocese of Hull," within the ecclesiastical province of Ottawa and with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Ottawa. Its name was changed in 1982 to "Diocese of Gatineau–Hull." In 1990, the diocese was raised to the rank of a metropolitan see as the "Archdiocese of Gatineau–Hull." Its current name was established in 2005.^[1]

Cathedral

When the diocese was founded in 1963 as the Diocese of Hull, it had as its cathedral, Holy Redeemer Church in Hull. In 1982, when it was renamed as the Diocese of Gatineau–Hull, it had two co-cathedrals, St. John Vianney Church in Gatineau and St. Joseph Church in Hull.^[2] In 2005, when it became the Archdiocese of Gatineau, it ceased to have co-cathedrals as St. Joseph Cathedral became the cathedral for the whole archdiocese.^[3]

Cathedral entrance
Former St. John Vianney Church in Gatineau

References

^ ^a ^b "Archdiocese of Gatineau". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
^ Jalons d'histoire 1963-1997 from Archdiocese of Gatineau, retrieved 4 January 2015
^ Archdiocese of Gatineau-Hull changes its name from Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, 9 November 2005, retrieved 4 January 2014