Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton

Archdiocese of Moncton Archidioecesis Monctonensis Archidiocèse de Moncton
Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Moncton
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Moncton
Statistics
Area	12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Population - Catholics	(as of 2004) 108,000 (51.8%)
Parishes	48
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1936
Cathedral	Our Lady of the Assumption
Secular priests	44
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop-elect	Valéry Vienneau
Bishops emeritus	André Richard
Website
diomoncton.ca

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton (Latin: Archidioecesis Monctonensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of New Brunswick and includes the suffragan dioceses of Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst (Canada) Edmundston, and Saint John, New Brunswick.

On Friday, June 15, 2012, according to the English translation of the Vatican Press Office's Vatican Information Service (VIS) daily news bulletin, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the governance of the Archdiocese of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, presented by Archbishop André Richard, C.S.C., in accordance with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. Pope Benedict appointed Bishop Valéry Vienneau as the Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Moncton to succeed Archbishop Emeritus Richard; Archbishop-elect Vienneau until his appointment had been the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst, a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese based in the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick.

As of 2004, the archdiocese contained 48 parishes, 44 active diocesan priests, 26 religious priests, and 108,000 Catholics. It also had 291 Women Religious, 47 Religious Brothers, and 1 permanent deacon.

Diocesan bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Moncton and their terms of service:

• Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson (1936–1941)
• Norbert Robichaud (1942–1972)
• Donat Chiasson (1972–1995)
• Ernest Léger (1996–2002)
• André Richard (2002–2012)
• Valéry Vienneau (since 2012)

References

• Archdiocese of Moncton page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006