Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec

Archdiocese of Québec

Archidiœcesis Quebecensis

Archidiocèse de Québec
Coat of arms
Location
Country Canada
TerritoryQuebec City
Ecclesiastical provinceQuebec
Statistics
Area35,180 km2 (13,580 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2017)
1,277,354
1,015,815 (79.5%)
Parishes40 [1]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established12 January 1658; 366 years ago
CathedralNotre-Dame de Québec
Patron saintImmaculate Conception and Louis IX of France
Secular priests737
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopGérald Lacroix
Auxiliary BishopsMarc Pelchat and Juan Carlos Londoño
Map
Website
www.ecdq.org Edit this at Wikidata
Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral

The Archdiocese of Québec (Latin: Archidiœcesis Quebecensis; French: Archidiocèse de Québec) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest episcopal see in the New World north of Mexico and the primatial see of Canada. The Archdiocese of Quebec is also the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province with the suffragan dioceses of Chicoutimi, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and Trois-Rivières. The archdiocese's cathedral is Notre-Dame de Québec in Quebec City.

  1. ^ "Trouver une église dans le Diocèse de Québec | Église catholique de Québec". 11 January 2018.

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