Archdiocese of Quebec
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The Archdiocese of 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
Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral
Residence or Palace of the Bishop
Saint François de Montmorency-Laval, first bishop of Quebec
François de Laval
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Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, commonly referred to as François de Laval, was considered the founder of the Catholic faith in New France. He was a French Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic
Archdiocese of Quebec
…would establish an apostolic vicariate by Pope Alexander VII, 124 years since the first voyage of Jacques Cartier in 1534. The vicar apostolic was François de Laval. As the vicar apostolic of Québec, Laval was a central member of the Sovereign Council of New France. Arguably, while he was charged with only the…
Icon of St François de Laval
François de Laval