Diocese of Valleyfield
Campivallen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Valleyfield, Canada
Latin rite diocese in the western suburbs of Montreal, Quebec, erected in 1892 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Montreal. It is led by Bishop Alain Faubert, installed in November 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 April 1892
- Latin
- Campivallen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Cecilia
- Annuario code
- 001000071
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 211,299
- Population
- 290,153
- Catholic share
- 72.8%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 4,402
- Extent
- 3,225 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 66
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Bishop
- Alain Faubert
- Born
- 4 April 1965
- Birthplace
- Montréal
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
Basilique-Cathedrale Sainte-Cecile stands in Valleyfield, 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 Montreal
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Montreal.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JolietteJoliette
- Diocese of Saint-Jean–LongueuilSaint-Jean–Longueuil
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the western suburbs of Montreal, the Diocese of Valleyfield (Latin: Dioecesis Campivallensis) has served Quebec as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montreal since its erection in 1892. Roughly 201,000 baptized Catholics live within its bounds, tended by 48 priests, 17 deacons, 31 religious brothers, and 76 religious sisters. A consolidation in 2008 reduced its 63 parishes to 24.
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].