Archdiocese of Gatineau
Gatinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Gatineau, Canada
The Archdiocese of Gatineau is a metropolitan see in western Quebec, founded in 1963 as the Diocese of Hull and elevated to an archdiocese in 1990. It took its current name in 2005, and its suffragans are the dioceses of Amos and Rouyn-Noranda.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1963
- Latin
- Gatinen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of the Church
- Annuario code
- 001001474
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 231,000
- Population
- 277,192
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.3%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 4,714
- Extent
- 5,291 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 44
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Paul-André Durocher
- Born
- 28 May 1954
- Birthplace
- Windsor
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Joseph Cathedral stands in Gatineau, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Gatineau
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmosAmos
- Diocese of Rouyn-NorandaRouyn-Noranda
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Situated in the province of Quebec, the Archdiocese of Gatineau (Latin: Archidioecesis Gatinensis) is the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province that also takes in two suffragans, the Dioceses of Amos and Rouyn-Noranda. Archbishop Paul-André Durocher currently leads it. Figures from 2006 record 61 parishes, 47 active diocesan priests, 29 religious priests, and 231,000 Catholics, along with 202 women religious and 39 religious brothers.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.