Archdiocese of Québec Archidiœcesis Quebecensis Archidiocèse de Québec | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Territory | Quebec City |
| Ecclesiastical province | Quebec |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 35,180 km2 (13,580 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 1,277,354 1,015,815 (79.5%) |
| Parishes | 40 [1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12 January 1658; 366 years ago |
| Cathedral | Notre-Dame de Québec |
| Patron saint | Immaculate Conception and Louis IX of France |
| Secular priests | 737 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Gérald Lacroix |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Marc Pelchat and Juan Carlos Londoño |
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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 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.