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DIOCESE OF VALLEYFIELD

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(CAMPIVALLENSIS.)

Valleyfield is a thriving city of about 10,000 inhabitants, situated at the
outlet of Lake St. Francis, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence. Founded in
1855, under the name of St. Cecilia, in 1874 it became legally known as
Salaberry of Valleyfield. Thefirst pioneers were chiefly fisherman and
lumbermen. Today Valleyfield had developed into an important manufacturing
centre (cotton, paper, bronze, powder, etc.), the motive energy being derived
from on e of the most beautiful water powers of the Province of Quebec. The
Diocese of Valleyfield (erected 5 April, 1892) comprises the counties of
Beauharnois, Chateauguay, Huntingdon, Vaudreuil, and Soulanges. The first and
present bishop is Mgr Joseph-Médard Emard (b. as St. Constant, 31 March, 1853,
educated at St. Thérèse and Montreal seminaries, ordained priest, 10 June, 1876,
appointed curate at Mile End). He completed his theological studies at Rome, and
after three years received the degrees of Doctor of Theology and of Canon Law.
He was appointed curate at St. Joseph's Church, Montreal;, 1880, summoned by the
late Archbishop Fabre to the palace, 1881, when he fulfilled the duties of
vice-chancellor, gave lectures on ecclesiastical history at Laval University,
became chancellor of the archdiocese, 1891, and was consecrated Bishop of
Valleyfield, 9 June 1892. He is the author of: "Voyage en Terre Sainte"; several
"Messages"; and many important pastoral letters on "I'Église", "La justice",
"Devoir electoral", "Temperance", "Le serment", "L'autorité paternelle", "La
femme chrétienne", "Communion fréquente", "Congrès Eucharistiquede Montreal",
which last was quoted at length by Cardinal Vanutelli during the festivities of
the Eucharistic Congress held at Montreal, 1910.



Bishop Emard founded a classical college affiliated to Laval University, a
"jardin de l'enfance", a monastery for cloistered nuns (Clarisses), and a normal
school for young ladies, took an active part in the first Plenary Council of
Quebec (1909), and is supervising the restoration of the cathedral of the
diocese, which contains admirable life-size portraits of the twenty-two popes
who established the Catholic Church in Canada, and is conspicuous for its beauty
or architecture. The Diocese of Valleyfield is composed chiefly of French
Canadian families distributed among forty parishes. There are many Irish
Catholic families in the parishes of Valleyfield, Huntingdon, Ormston,
Hemmingford, where the service are largely given in English. The descendants of
the Iroquois Indians are ministered to by a resident missionary priest at St.
Regis. There are in the diocese: 14 convents and academies, 2 classical
colleges, 1 seminary, 4 asylums, and 3 orphanages. The education of children in
the parochial schools and other institutions is confided to lay and religious
professors and to secular priests. The religious orders are men — Frères
Viateurs; women — Soeurs de la Congrégation Notre Dame; Soeurs de Jésus Marie;
Soeurs de la Providence; Soeurs Grises; Soeurs de St. Anne; Soeurs Clarisses
(cloistered), and Soeurs de la Ste Famille. Among the secular organizations are:
the St. Vincent de Paul Society; Les Artisans; Société St. Jean Baptiste;
Catholic Foresters; and Knights of Columbus.




ABOUT THIS PAGE

APA citation. Dorais, J. (1912). Diocese of Valleyfield. In The Catholic
Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261a.htm

MLA citation. Dorais, Jean. "Diocese of Valleyfield." The Catholic Encyclopedia.
Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15261a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Barbara Jane
Barrett.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. October 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D.,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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