Archdiocese of Québec
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Origin/meaning
The current arms of the archdiocese were designed and adopted in 2022.
The first quarter shows the Immaculate Virgin, crowned with stars as on the main picture in the cathedral. The second quarter also refers to Mary because Mary is the morning star, the one through which we have access to the light of Christ, the one that sailors call the star of the sea (Maria Stella), the star that guided the Magi to Bethlehem.
The fourth quarter shows Saint Louis, King of France, bearing scepter and crown, which clearly recalls the historical link with France. The third quarter shows a fleur-de-lis, taken from the arms of the French Kings and whose three branches can symbolize both the Holy Trinity and the three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. The fleur-de-lis is also part of the official flag of Quebec.
Blue is the Marian color as well as the color of the kings of France and especially that of Quebec. The golden color symbolizes the light.
Previously the Archdiocese use arms adopted during in 1684. It was based on the seal of the diocese of Québec and showed the full figures of Mary and Saint Louis.
the arms from 1688 |
the arms as Archdiocese |
Arms of Bishops of Québec
François de Montmorency-Laval (1658-1688)
Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay (1727-1733)
Pierre-Herman Dosquet (1733-1739)
François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière (1739-1740)
Henri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand (1741-1760)
Jean-Olivier Briand (1766-1784)
Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d’Esgly (1784-1788)
Jean-François Hubert (1788-1797)
Pierre Denaut (1797-1806)
Arms of Archbishops of Québec
Joseph-Octave Plessis (1806-1825)
Bernard-Claude Panet (1825-1833)
Joseph Signay (1833-1850)
Pierre-Flavien Turgeon (1850-1867)
Charles-François Baillargeon (1867-1870)
Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau (1870-1898)
Louis Nazaire Bégin (1898-1925)
Paul-Eugène Roy (1925-1926)
Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau (1926-1931)
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve (1931-1947)
Maurice Roy (1947-1981)
Louis-Albert Vachon (1981-1990)
Maurice Couture (1990-2002)
Marc Ouellet (2002-2010)
Gérald Lacroix (2011-present)
Arms of Auxiliary Bishops
Pierre-Herman Dosquet (1727-1733)
Charles-François Bailly de Messein (1788-1794)
Alexander McDonnell (1819-1826)
Bernard Angus MacEachern (1819-1829)
Jean-Jacques Lartigue (1820-1836)
Joseph-Norbert Provencher (1820-1844)
Joseph Alfred Langlois (1924-1926)
Joseph-Omer Plante (1927-1948)
Georges-Léon Pelletier (1942-1947)
Charles Omer Garant (1948-1962)
Lionel Audet (1952-1983)
Laurent Noël (1963-1975)
Jean-Paul Labrie (1977-1995)
Marc Leclerc (1982-1998)
Pierre Morissette (1987-1990)
Clément Fecteau (1989-1996)
Eugène Tremblay (1994-2004)
Jean-Pierre Blais (1994-2009)
Jean Gagnon (1998-2002)
Pierre-André Fournier (2005-2008)
Gilles Lemay (2005-2011)
Gérald Lacroix (2009-2011)
Paul Lortie (2009-2012)
Gaétan Proulx (2012-2016)
Denis Grondin (2011-2015)
Marc Pelchat (2016- )
Louis Corriveau (2016-2019)
Martin Laliberté (2019-2022)
Juan Carlos Londoño (2024-present)
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