Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières
{{Short description|Catholic ecclesiastical territory}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{expand French|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Diocese
| name = Trois-Rivières
| latin = Dioecesis Trifluvianensis in Canada
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| image = The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières.svg
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| caption = The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières
| country = Canada
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| province = Quebec
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| catholics = 245,100
| catholics_percent = 98.7
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| denomination = Roman Catholic
| rite = Roman Rite
| established = 8 June 1852
| cathedral = Cathédral de l'Assomption de Marie
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| patron = The Virgin Mary of the Assumption
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| pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
| bishop = Martin Laliberté, P.M.E.
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| vicar_general =
| emeritus_bishops = Luc-André Bouchard
Martin Veillette
| map = Bistum Trois Rivières.svg
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| website = [http://diocese-trois-rivieres.org/]
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières ({{langx|la|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.[http://diocese-trois-rivieres.org/ Beaudoin, René. "150 Years of History", Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières]
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.[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cloutier_francois_xavier_16E.html Roy, Jean. "Cloutier, François-Xavier", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003]
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)[https://www.cccb.ca/media-release/bishop-named-for-the-diocese-of-trois-rivieres/ "Bishop Named for the Diocese of Trois-Rivières", CCCB, November 21, 1996]
- Luc-André Bouchard (2012 - 2021)
- Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (2022–present)
=Coadjutor bishop=
- Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche (1866-1870)
=Auxiliary bishops=
=Another priest of this diocese who became bishop=
- Jean-Guy Hamelin, appointed Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec
Territorial losses
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| Year || width="225" |Along with || width="225" |To form | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 1874 | Archdiocese of Québec Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe | Diocese of Sherbrooke |
| 1882 | Diocese of Ottawa Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface | Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac |
| 1885 | Diocese of Nicolet |
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite web|title = Diocese of Trois Rivières|work=Catholic-Hierarchy|url =http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtroi.html|access-date=2007-03-15}}
External links
- [http://diocese-trois-rivieres.org/ diocesan website]
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