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Diocese of Trois-Rivières Dioecesis Trifluvianensis in Canada
The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Quebec
Population - Catholics	245,100 (98.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	8 June 1852
Cathedral	Cathédral de l'Assomption de Marie
Patron saint	The Virgin Mary of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Martin Laliberté, P.M.E.
Bishops emeritus	Luc-André Bouchard Martin Veillette
Map
Website

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières (Latin: Dioecesis Trifluvianensis in Canada) (erected 8 June 1852) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Québec.

History

The Diocese of Trois-Rivières was erected from the Archdiocese of Quebec on June 8, 1852. Rev. Thomas Cooke was appointed the first bishop. At that time, the diocese extended to the Eastern Townships, and included thirty-nine parishes.

The Collège des Trois-Rivières was founded in 1860; in 1874, it became the diocesan seminary. Also in 1874, the Diocese of Sherbrooke was created from Trois-Rivières. Notre-Dame-du-Cap was designated a national pilgrimage site by the bishops of Canada in 1909.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Thomas Cooke (1852 - 1870)
• Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche (1870 - 1898)
• François-Xavier Cloutier (1899 - 1934)
• Alfred-Odilon Comtois (1934 - 1945)
• Maurice Roy (1946 - 1947), appointed Archbishop of Québec
• Georges-Léon Pelletier (1947 - 1975)
• Laurent Noël (1975 - 1996)
• Martin Veillette (1996 - 2012)
• Luc-André Bouchard (2012 - 2021)
• Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (2022–present)

Coadjutor bishop

• Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche (1866-1870)

Auxiliary bishops

• Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. (2018- )

Another priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Jean-Guy Hamelin, appointed Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec

Territorial losses

References

1. Beaudoin, René. "150 Years of History", Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières
2. Roy, Jean. "Cloutier, François-Xavier", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
3. "Bishop Named for the Diocese of Trois-Rivières", CCCB, November 21, 1996
4. Vaillancourt, Philippe. "Quebec’s youngest bishop wants to bring fire of God’s love to the world", Catholic News Service, July 27, 2018

Bibliography

• "Diocese of Trois Rivières". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-15.

External links

• diocesan website

46°21′00″N 72°33′00″W / 46.3500°N 72.5500°W / 46.3500; -72.5500

• Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Quebec
• Organizations based in Quebec
• Trois-Rivières
• Roman Catholic bishops of Trois-Rivières