Diocese of Trois-Rivières, Canada 🇨🇦

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Trois-Rivières / Trifluvianen(sis) in Canada (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Québec

Neighbouring Dioceses: Joliette (↙), Amos (↖), Chicoutimi (↑), Québec (→), Nicolet (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Assumption of Mary (August 15), Saint Peter (June 29)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 30 (1858)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1852.06.08: Established as Diocese of Trois-Rivières / Trifluvianen(sis) in Canada (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Québec and became suffragan of Québec)
1874.08.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sherbrooke
1882.07.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac
1885.07.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nicolet
2007.05.31: Gained territory from Diocese of Amos

Contact Info

Address: C.P. 879, 362 rue Bonaventure, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5J9, Canada

Phone: +1 (819) 374-7022

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1984.09)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Trois-Rivières (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (61)
(2022.03.14 – 2026.02.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada)
Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Si tu savais le don de Dieu

Born:	1964.12.13 (Charlesbourg, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1995.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.12.29

Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions (2013.05.08 – 2019.11.25)

Titular Bishop of Sertei (2019.11.25 – 2022.03.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (2019.11.25 – 2022.03.14)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (2022.03.14 – 2026.02.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada) (2026.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Luc André Bouchard (76)
(2012.02.02 – 2021.01.25)

Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1949.11.18 (Cornwall, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1976.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.11.09

Priest of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada) (1976.09.04 – 2001.09.08)

Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada) (2001.09.08 – 2012.02.02)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (2012.02.02 – 2021.01.25)

Bishop Martin Veillette (89)
(1996.11.21 – 2012.02.02)

Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Artisan de communion

Born:	1936.11.16 (La Tuque, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.12.13

Priest of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1960.06.12 – 1986.10.17)

Titular Bishop of Valabria (1986.10.17 – 1996.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1986.10.17 – 1996.11.21)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1996.11.21 – 2012.02.02)

Bishop Laurent Noël
(1975.11.08 – 1996.11.21)

In caritate Dei

Born:	1920.03.19 (Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.08.29
Died:	2022.07.02 (Québec, QC, Canada † 102)

Priest of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1944.06.16 – 1963.06.25)

Titular Bishop of Agathopolis (1963.06.25 – 1975.11.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1963.06.25 – 1975.11.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Hauterive (Canada) (1974.09.07 – 1975.06.21)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1975.11.08 – 1996.11.21)

Bishop Georges-Léon Pelletier
(1947.07.26 – 1975.10.31)

Collaborare evangelio

Born:	1904.08.19 (Saint-Épiphane, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1931.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.02.24
Died:	1987.09.24 (Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada † 83)

Titular Bishop of Hephæstus (1942.12.05 – 1947.07.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1942.12.05 – 1947.07.26)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1947.07.26 – 1975.10.31)

Bishop Maurice Roy (later Cardinal)
(1946.02.22 – 1947.06.02)

In nomine Jesu

Born:	1905.01.25 (Québec, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1927.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.05.01
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)

Bishop Alfred-Odilon Comtois
(1934.12.24 – 1945.08.26)

Angulari lapide Christo Jesu

Born:	1876.03.05 (Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1898.09.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.07.28
Died:	1945.08.26 (Saint-Mathieu, QC, Canada † 69)

Titular Bishop of Barca (1926.02.26 – 1934.12.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1926.02.26 – 1934.12.24)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1934.12.24 – 1945.08.26)

Bishop François-Xavier Cloutier
(1899.05.08 – 1934.09.18)

Dulcius melle fortius leone

Born:	1848.11.02 (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1872.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.07.25
Died:	1934.09.18 (Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada † 85)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1899.05.08 – 1934.09.18)

Bishop Louis-François Richer-Laflèche
(1870.04.30 – 1898.07.14)

Suaviter et fortiter

Born:	1818.09.04 (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1844.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1867.02.25
Died:	1898.07.14 (Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada † 79)

Titular Bishop of Anthedon (1866.11.23 – 1870.04.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1866.11.23 – 1870.04.30)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1870.04.30 – 1898.07.14)

Bishop Thomas Cooke
(1852.06.08 – 1870.04.30)

Sine labe concepta

Born:	1792.02.09 (La Pointe-du-Lac, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1814.09.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1852.10.18
Died:	1870.04.30 (Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada † 78)

Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1852.06.08 – 1870.04.30)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Louis-François Richer-Laflèche (1866.11.23 – 1870.04.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. (55) (2018.05.21 – 2022.06.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Martin Veillette (89) (1986.10.17 – 1996.11.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfred-Odilon Comtois (1926.02.26 – 1934.12.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale de l’Assomption, Trois-Rivières, Québec
Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Cap, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (77)

Joliette (↙), Amos (↖), Chicoutimi (↑), Québec (→), Nicolet (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 34,956 km²

Population: 250,000 Catholics (98.4% of 254,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 62 parishes

Personnel: 107 priests (65 diocesan, 42 religious), 29 deacons, 300 religious (75 brothers, 225 sisters)