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Archdiocese of Moncton

Archidioecesis Monctonensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Guy Desrochers, C.SS.R., Archbishop
  • Ernest Léger, Archbishop Emeritus
  • André Richard, C.S.C., Archbishop Emeritus
  • Valéry Vienneau, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Erected: 22 February 1936
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: New Brunswick
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 12,000 (4,635 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Atlantic (Atlantique)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: Monc
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diomoncton.ca/
  • Mailing Address: 224 St. Georges, bureau 104, Moncton, NB E1C 0V1, Canada
  • Telephone: (506)857-9531
  • Fax: 857-9533

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 February 1936ErectedDiocese of Chatham (County of Kent)
Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick (Counties of Westmorland, Albert, Kent, and some French parishes in the County of Northumberland)
Archdiocese of Moncton (erected)
13 May 1939Territory AddedDiocese of Bathurst in Canada (Rogersville and Harwicke) Archdiocese of Moncton

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195062,132115,00054.0%57481055916637541ap1951
196471,654130,12055.1%86801664315933646ap1967
197070,617137,64851.3%779216941713833666ap1971
197675,087144,32852.0%806514551718843549ap1977
198084,881174,66248.6%82601425978540049ap1981
199089,316168,23053.1%683810684216536452ap1991
1999105,623180,00058.7%5530851,24215429849ap2000
2000105,623180,00058.7%5429831,2725129648ap2001
2001105,305185,00056.9%4931801,3165630048ap2002
2002105,000200,00052.5%4928771,3635029848ap2003
2003107,500207,00051.9%4627731,47214829548ap2004
2004108,000208,50051.8%4426701,54214729148ap2005
2013118,900227,90052.2%3720572,08513121750ap2014
2016110,000210,00052.4%3323561,9643514949ap2017
2019108,000215,00050.2%3318512,11712919146ap2020
2021111,000221,00050.2%2518432,58152917046ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 28, Page 285, to Page 287
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 31, Page 397

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