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Diocese of Trois-Rivières

Trifluvianen(sis) in Canada

Latin rite diocese in Quebec, erected in 1852 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Quebec. The see was sede vacante following the 2026 transfer of Bishop Martin Laliberte to Saint-Jean-Longueuil.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
8 June 1852
Latin
Trifluvianen(sis) in Canada
Patron
Our Lady of the Assumption
Annuario code
001003284

The see in figures

Catholics
250,000
Population
254,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
98.4%
Priests
119
Catholics per priest
2,101
Extent
34,956 km²
Catholics per km²
7.2

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

The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedrale de l'Assomption stands in Trois-Rivières, 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 Quebec

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Quebec.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Québec, the Diocese of Trois-Rivières (Latin: Dioecesis Trifluvianensis in Canada) dates its erection to 8 June 1852.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.