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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 archbishop of Quebec is the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec, who is responsible for looking after its spiritual and administrative needs.As the archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province encompassing the north-central part of the province of Quebec, [2] the Archbishop of Quebec also administers the bishops who head the suffragan dioceses of ...
Ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses of the Catholic Church in Canada. Each color represents one of the 18 Latin Church provinces.. The Catholic Church in Canada comprises . a Latin Church hierarchy, consisting of eighteen ecclesiastical provinces each headed by a metropolitan archbishop, with a total of 54 suffragan dioceses, each headed by a bishop, and a non-metropolitan archbishopric ...
In canonical and general usage, it refers to those who exercise authority within a Christian church. [3] In the Catholic Church, authority rests chiefly with bishops, [4] while priests and deacons serve as their assistants, co-workers or helpers. [5] Accordingly, "hierarchy of the Catholic Church" is also used to refer to the bishops alone. [6]
Most nuncios are ordained as titular archbishops, and would be ranked accordingly. If, however, the nuncio is present in a diocese or at an event acting as the personal representative of the pope, as for example at the ordination of a bishop, he is granted precedence accordingly, taking precedence over even cardinals present.
The future Archdiocese of St. John's was established on 30 May 1784 as Catholics in Newfoundland gradually gained religious liberty, made explicit by a public declaration by Governor John Campbell. After a request from Irish merchants in St. John's to Bishop William Egan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore , James Louis O'Donel was appointed ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Annae Pocatierensis) (erected 23 June 1951) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Quebec. Bishops [ edit ]
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec (1 C, 2 P) R. Roman Catholic bishops of Chicoutimi (5 P) S. Roman Catholic bishops of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (3 P) T.