List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Montreal

Consequently, this set the precedent under which the colonial authorities in Canada began to curtail their interference in the internal matters of the Church, such as the appointment of bishops and the creation of new dioceses.

[3] On June 8, 1886, the diocese was elevated to the status of archdiocese by Pope Pius IX.

[5] Three archbishops – Paul-Émile Léger, Paul Grégoire, and Jean-Claude Turcotte – were elevated to the College of Cardinals.

[6] Lartigue, the first ordinary of the archdiocese, was also the first of seven bishops and archbishops of Montreal who were born in the city.

[3][A] Paul Bruchési had the longest tenure as Archbishop of Montreal, serving for 42 years (1897–1939),[7] while his immediate successor Georges Gauthier held the position for eleven months (1939–1940), marking the shortest episcopacy.

Painting of a grey-haired man wearing a mozzetta, liturgical vestments, and a pectoral cross holding a cloth in his right hand a piece of paper in his left.
Jean-Jacques Lartigue was the first bishop of Montreal, serving from 1836 to 1840.
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Édouard-Charles Fabre was the last bishop of Montreal and its first archbishop.
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Paul Bruchési was Archbishop of Montreal for 42 years, serving from 1897 until his death in 1939.