Archdiocese of Moncton
Monctonen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Moncton, Canada
The Archdiocese of Moncton is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in New Brunswick, established as an archdiocese in 1936. Its suffragan sees are Bathurst, Edmundston, and Saint John, and its mother church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 February 1936
- Latin
- Monctonen(sis)
- Patron
- Asunción de María
- Annuario code
- 001002268
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 108,000
- Population
- 2,004
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 2,455
- Extent
- 12,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Valéry Vienneau
- Born
- 23 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Hull
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI) (C.SS.R.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption stands in Moncton, 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.
The province of Moncton
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BathurstBathurst
- Diocese of EdmundstonEdmundston
- Diocese of Saint John, New BrunswickSaint John, New Brunswick
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the Province of New Brunswick lies within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton (Latin: Archidioecesis Monctonensis). The cathedra of the Archbishop of Moncton stands at Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption) in Moncton, New Brunswick. Its suffragan dioceses are Bathurst in Canada, Edmundston, and Saint John, New Brunswick.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].