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Metropolitan see Gatineau, Canada

Archdiocese of Gatineau

Gatinen(sis)

The Archdiocese of Gatineau is a metropolitan see in western Quebec, founded in 1963 as the Diocese of Hull and elevated to an archdiocese in 1990. It took its current name in 2005, and its suffragans are the dioceses of Amos and Rouyn-Noranda.

On the map

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Gatineau, Canada, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1963
Catholics
231,000
Priests
49
Territory
5,291 km²

Parishes and churches

57 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Paul-André Durocher
Born
28 May 1954
Birthplace
Windsor

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The cathedral

St. Joseph Cathedral stands in Gatineau, 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.

History

Situated in the province of Quebec, the Archdiocese of Gatineau (Latin: Archidioecesis Gatinensis) is the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province that also takes in two suffragans, the Dioceses of Amos and Rouyn-Noranda. Archbishop Paul-André Durocher currently leads it. Figures from 2006 record 61 parishes, 47 active diocesan priests, 29 religious priests, and 231,000 Catholics, along with 202 women religious and 39 religious brothers.