Metropolitan Archdiocese of Québec, Canada

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.02.22 – ...):	Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. (67) Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe all’Aurelio Member of Council for the Economy Member of Council of Cardinals
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.10.25 – ...):	Bishop Marc Pelchat (74) Titular Bishop of Lambæsis
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.12.12 – ...):	Bishop Juan Carlos Londoño (50) Titular Bishop of Baeza
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.12.12 – ...):	Bishop Jean Tailleur (61) Titular Bishop of Abora

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Québec (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. (67)
(2011.02.22 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe all’Aurelio
Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)
Member of Council for the Economy
Member of Council of Cardinals

Mane nobiscum Domine

Born:	1957.07.27 (Saint-Hilaire de Dorset, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1988.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.05.24
Created Cardinal:	2014.02.22

Director General of Secular Institute of Pius X (2001 – 2009.04.07)

Titular Bishop of Hilta (2009.04.07 – 2011.02.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (2009.04.07 – 2011.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (2011.02.22 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe all’Aurelio (2014.02.22 [2014.06.22] – ...)

Member of Council for the Economy (2020.08.06 – ...)

Member of Council of Cardinals (2023.03.07 – ...)

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. (80)
(2002.11.15 – 2010.06.30)

Cardinal-Bishop of S. Maria in Traspontina
Prefect emeritus of Dicastery for Bishops
President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Ut unum sint

Born:	1944.06.08 (Lamotte, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1968.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.19
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21

Titular Bishop of Agropoli (2001.03.03 – 2002.11.15)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (2001.03.03 – 2002.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (2002.11.15 – 2010.06.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (2003.10.21 [2003.10.26] – 2018.06.28)

Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops (2010.06.30 – 2023.04.12)

President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (2010.06.30 – 2023.04.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of S. Maria in Traspontina (2018.06.28 – ...)

Archbishop Maurice Couture, R.S.V.
(1990.03.17 – 2002.11.15)

La charité espère tout

Born:	1926.11.03 (Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.10.22
Died:	2018.01.19 (Québec, QC, Canada † 91)

Titular Bishop of Talaptula (1982.07.17 – 1988.12.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1982.07.17 – 1988.12.01)

Bishop of Baie-Comeau (Canada) (1988.12.01 – 1990.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1990.03.17 – 2002.11.15)

Cardinal Louis-Albert Vachon
(1981.03.20 – 1990.03.17)

Superemineat caritas

Born:	1912.02.04 (Saint-Frédéric-de-Beauce, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.14
Created Cardinal:	1985.05.25
Died:	2006.09.29 (Québec, QC, Canada † 94)

Priest of Québec (Canada) (1938.06.11 – 1977.04.04)

Domestic Prelate (1958.04.24 – 1968.03.28)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1968.03.28 – 1977.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta (1977.04.04 – 1981.03.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1977.04.04 – 1981.03.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1981.03.20 – 1990.03.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo della Croce a «Corviale» (1985.05.25 – 2006.09.29)

Cardinal Maurice Roy
(1947.06.02 – 1981.03.20)

In nomine Jesu

Born:	1905.01.25 (Québec, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1927.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.06.01
Created Cardinal:	1965.02.22
Died:	1985.10.24 (Québec, QC, Canada † 80)

Priest of Québec (Canada) (1927.06.12 – 1946.02.22)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1946.02.22 – 1947.06.02)

Military Vicar of Canada (Canada) (1946.06.08 – 1982.03.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1947.06.02 – 1981.03.20)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (1965.02.25 – 1985.10.24)

President of Pontifical Council for the Laity (1967.01.06 – 1976.12.10)

President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1967.01.06 – 1976.12.10)

President of Committee for the Family (1973.01.11 – 1976.12.10)

Cardinal Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I.
(1931.12.11 – 1947.01.17)

Docere quis sit Christus

Born:	1883.11.02 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1907.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.09.11
Created Cardinal:	1933.03.13
Died:	1947.01.17 (Alhambra, CA, USA † 63)

Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada) (1930.07.03 – 1931.12.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1931.12.11 – 1947.01.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1933.03.16 – 1947.01.17)

Cardinal Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P.
(1926.07.09 – 1931.05.31)

Caritas veritas

Born:	1866.04.14 (Isle-Verte, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1892.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.05.22
Created Cardinal:	1927.12.19
Died:	1931.05.31 (Québec, QC, Canada † 65)

Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada) (1923.03.09 – 1926.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1926.07.09 – 1931.05.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1927.12.22 – 1931.05.31)

Archbishop Paul-Eugène Roy
(1925.07.19 – 1926.02.20)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1859.11.08 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1886.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.05.10
Died:	1926.02.20 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis (1908.04.08 – 1914.06.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1908.04.08 – 1920.06.01)

Titular Archbishop of Seleucia pieria (1914.06.26 – 1925.07.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1920.06.01 – 1925.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1925.07.19 – 1926.02.20)

Cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin
(1898.04.12 – 1925.07.19)

In spiritu lenitatis

Born:	1840.01.10 (La Pointe-Lévis, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1865.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.10.21
Created Cardinal:	1914.05.25
Died:	1925.07.19 (Québec, QC, Canada † 85)

Priest of Québec (Canada) (1865.06.10 – 1888.10.01)

Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada) (1888.10.01 – 1891.12.18)

Titular Archbishop of Cyrene (1891.12.18 – 1898.04.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1891.12.18 – 1898.04.12)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Québec (Canada) (1894.09.03 – 1898.04.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1898.04.12 – 1925.07.19)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1914.05.28 – 1925.07.19)

Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1894.09.03 – 1898.04.12)

Cardinal Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau
(1870.12.24 – 1898.04.12)

In fide spe et caritate certandum

Born:	1820.02.17 (Sainte-Marie de la Beauce, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1842.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.03.19
Created Cardinal:	1886.06.07
Died:	1898.04.12 (Québec, QC, Canada † 78)

Priest of Québec (Canada) (1842.09.10 – 1870.12.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1870.12.24 – 1898.04.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1887.03.17 – 1898.04.12)

Archbishop Charles-François Baillargeon
(1867.08.25 – 1870.10.13)

Non quod ego volo

Born:	1798.04.26 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1822.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.02.23
Died:	1870.10.13 († 72)

Titular Archbishop of Tlous (1851.01.14 – 1867.08.25)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1851.01.14 – 1867.08.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1867.08.25 – 1870.10.13)

Archbishop Pierre-Flavien Turgeon
(1850.10.03 – 1867.08.25)

Born:	1787.11.12 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1810.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1834.06.11
Died:	1867.08.25 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Sidyma (1834.02.28 – 1850.10.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1834.02.28 – 1850.10.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1850.10.03 – 1867.08.25)

Archbishop Joseph Signay
(1844.07.12 – 1850.10.03)

Tales ambio defensores

Born:	1778.11.08 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1802.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1827.05.20
Died:	1850.10.03 († 71)

Titular Archbishop of Phussala (1826.12.15 – 1833.02.14)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1826.12.15 – 1833.02.14)

Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1833.02.14 – 1844.07.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1844.07.12 – 1850.10.03)

Archbishops of Québec (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Joseph Signay
(1833.02.14 – 1844.07.12)

(see above)

Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet
(1825.12.04 – 1833.02.14)

Born:	1753.01.09 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1778.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1807.08.19
Died:	1833.02.14 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Saldæ (1806.07.12 – 1819.01.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1806.07.12 – 1819.01.12)

Titular Archbishop of Saldæ (1819.01.12 – 1825.12.04)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1819.01.12 – 1825.12.04)

Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1825.12.04 – 1833.02.14)

Archbishop Joseph-Octave Plessis
(1819.01.12 – 1825.12.04)

Born:	1763.03.03 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1786.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1801.01.25
Died:	1825.12.04 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Canatha (1800.04.26 – 1806.01.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1800.04.26 – 1806.01.17)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1806.01.17 – 1819.01.12)

Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1819.01.12 – 1825.12.04)

Bishops of Québec (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Octave Plessis (later Archbishop)
(1806.01.17 – 1819.01.12)

(see above)

Bishop Pierre Denaut
(1797.09.01 – 1806.01.17)

Tales ambio defensores

Born:	1743.07.20 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1767.01.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1795.06.29
Died:	1806.01.17 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Canatha (1794.09.30 – 1797.09.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1794.09.30 – 1797.09.01)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1797.09.01 – 1806.01.17)

Bishop Jean-François Hubert
(1788.06.12 – 1797.09.01)

Born:	1739.02.23 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1766.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1786.11.29
Died:	1797.10.17 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Halmiros (1785.06.14 – 1788.06.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1785.06.14 – 1788.06.12)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1788.06.12 – 1797.09.01)

Bishop Louis-Philippe-François Mariauchau d’Esglis
(1784.12.02 – 1788.06.04)

Tales ambio defensores

Born:	1710.04.24 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1734.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1772.07.12
Died:	1788.06.04 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Dorylæum (1772.01.22 – 1784.12.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1772.01.22 – 1784.12.02)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1784.12.02 – 1788.06.04)

Bishop Jean-Olivier Briand
(1766.01.21 – 1784.11.29)

Sans detour

Born:	1715.01.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1739.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1766.03.16
Died:	1794.06.25 († 79)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1766.01.21 – 1784.11.29)

Bishop Henri-Marie du Breil de Pontbriand
(1741.03.06 – 1760.06.08)

Pacere subjecti et debellare superbos

Born:	1708.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1731.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1741.04.09
Died:	1760.06.08 († 52)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) ([1740.11.30] 1741.03.06 – 1760.06.08)

Bishop François-Louis de Pourroy de l’Auberivière
(1739.07.20 – 1740.08.20)

Cito tutoque

Born:	1711.06.16 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1735.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1739.08.16
Died:	1740.08.20 († 29)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) ([1739.03.22] 1739.07.20 – 1740.08.20)

Bishop Pierre-Herman Dosquet, P.S.S.
(1733.09.12 – 1739.06.25)

Born:	1691.03.04 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1718.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1727.12.25
Died:	1777.03.04 († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1727.11.26 – 1730.07.24)

Titular Bishop of Samos (1727.11.26 – 1733.09.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1730.07.24 – 1733.09.12)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1733.09.12 – 1739.06.25)

Bishop Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay, O.F.M. Cap.
(1727.12.26 – 1733.09.12)

Born:	1663.09.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1687
Consecrated Bishop:	1714.04.22
Died:	1741.11.28 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Eumenia (1714.02.26 – 1727.12.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Québec (Canada) ([1713.06.22] 1714.02.26 – 1727.12.26)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1727.12.26 – 1733.09.12)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrière de Saint-Vallier
(1687.07.07 – 1727.12.26)

In domitum domuere cruces

Born:	1653.11.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1675
Consecrated Bishop:	1688.01.25
Died:	1727.12.26 († 74)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) ([1685.04] 1687.07.07 – 1727.12.26)

Saint Bishop François de Laval de Montmorency, M.E.P.
(1674.10.01 – 1688.01.24)

Dieu ayde au premier baron chrestien

Born:	1623.04.30 (Montigny-sur-Avre, France)
Ordained Priest:	1647.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1658.12.08 (clandestinely)
Died:	1708.05.06 (Québec, QC, Canada † 85)
Beatified:	1980.06.22
Canonised:	2014.04.03 (equipollently)
Feast:	05.06

Titular Bishop of Petra (1658.04.11 – 1674.10.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-France (Canada) (1658.04.11 – 1674.10.01)

Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1674.10.01 – 1688.01.24)

Bishop and religious of Paris Foreign Missions Society. First bishop of Canada.

Vicars Apostolic of Nouvelle-France (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop François de Laval de Montmorency, M.E.P.
(1658.04.11 – 1674.10.01)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Paul-Eugène Roy (1920.06.01 – 1925.07.19)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin (later Cardinal) (1891.12.18 – 1898.04.12)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Charles-François Baillargeon (1851.01.14 – 1867.08.25)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Pierre-Flavien Turgeon (1834.02.28 – 1850.10.03)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Joseph Signay (1826.12.15 – 1833.02.14)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet (1819.01.12 – 1825.12.04)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Bernard-Claude Panet (later Archbishop) (1806.07.12 – 1819.01.12)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph-Octave Plessis (later Archbishop) (1800.04.26 – 1806.01.17)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Pierre Denaut (1794.09.30 – 1797.09.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Charles-François Bailly de Messein (1788.09.26 – 1794.05.20)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jean-François Hubert (1785.06.14 – 1788.06.12)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Louis-Philippe-François Mariauchau d’Esglis (1772.01.22 – 1784.12.02)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Pierre-Herman Dosquet, P.S.S. (1730.07.24 – 1733.09.12)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay, O.F.M. Cap. (1714.02.26 – 1727.12.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (60) (2019.11.25 – 2022.03.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Louis Corriveau (60) (2016.10.25 – 2019.05.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. (77) (2011.12.12 – 2016.07.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Denis Grondin (70) (later Archbishop) (2011.12.12 – 2015.05.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Lortie (80) (2009.04.07 – 2012.02.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. (67) (later Cardinal) (2009.04.07 – 2011.02.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gilles Lemay (76) (2005.02.11 – 2011.02.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pierre-André Fournier (later Archbishop) (2005.02.11 – 2008.07.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean Gagnon (1998.12.04 – 2002.11.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Pierre Blais (75) (1994.11.03 – 2008.12.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eugène Tremblay (89) (1994.11.03 – 2004.05.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Clément Fecteau (1989.06.17 – 1996.05.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pierre Joseph Paul Morissette (80) (1987.02.27 – 1990.03.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marc Leclerc (1982.07.17 – 1998.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Maurice Couture, R.S.V. (later Archbishop) (1982.07.17 – 1988.12.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Paul Labrie (1977.04.04 – 1995.05.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Louis-Albert Vachon (later Cardinal) (1977.04.04 – 1981.03.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Laurent Noël (1963.06.25 – 1975.11.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lionel Audet (1952.02.28 – 1989.08.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles-Omer Garant (1948.04.27 – 1962.10.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Georges-Léon Pelletier (1942.12.05 – 1947.07.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph-Omer Plante (1927.06.23 – 1948.04.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph-Alfred Langlois (1924.07.14 – 1926.07.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Paul-Eugène Roy (1908.04.08 – 1920.06.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph-Norbert Provencher (1820.02.01 – 1844.04.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue, P.S.S. (1820.02.01 – 1836.05.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bernard Angus MacEachern (1819.01.12 – 1829.08.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pierre-Herman Dosquet, P.S.S. (1727.11.26 – 1730.07.24)