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Archdiocese of Moncton Archidioecesis Monctonensis Archidiocèse de Moncton | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Moncton |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi) |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2004) 108,000 (51.8%) |
Parishes | 48 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1936 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral |
Secular priests | 44 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop-designate | Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. |
Bishops emeritus | André Richard, Ernest Léger, Valéry Vienneau |
Website | |
diomoncton.ca |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton (Latin : Archidioecesis Monctonensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of New Brunswick.
Its suffragan dioceses are Bathurst in Canada, Edmundston, and Saint John, New Brunswick.
On Friday, June 15, 2012, according to the English translation of the Vatican Press Office's Vatican Information Service (VIS) daily news bulletin, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the governance of the Archdiocese of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, presented by Archbishop André Richard, C.S.C., in accordance with canon 401 § 1 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Pope Benedict appointed Bishop Valéry Vienneau as the Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Moncton to succeed Archbishop Emeritus Richard; Archbishop-elect Vienneau until his appointment had been the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst, a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese based in the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick. [1]
As of 2004, the archdiocese contained 48 parishes, 44 active diocesan priests, 26 religious priests, and 108,000 Catholics. It also had 291 Women Religious, 47 Religious Brothers, and 1 permanent deacon.
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Moncton and their terms of service:
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