{"id":6563,"date":"2020-06-04T14:05:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T18:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sulpc.org\/portfolio-items\/major-seminary-of-montreal-canada\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:00:48","slug":"major-seminary-of-montreal-canada","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sulpc.org\/en\/portfolio-items\/major-seminary-of-montreal-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Seminary of Montr\u00e9al – Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Major Seminary of Montr\u00e9al <\/h2>MONTR\u00c9AL - CANADA<\/div><\/div>
\n<\/i>6895, rue Boyer
\nMontr\u00e9al, QC, H2S 2J6<\/i><\/p>\n<\/i>Recteur : M. Robert Gauthier, PSS<\/i><\/p>\n<\/i>(514) 474-4726, p. 222
\n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/i>secretaire.recteur@gsam-montreal.org<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/i>www.gsam-montreal.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Major Seminary of Montr\u00e9al<\/h2><\/span>
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BRIEF HISTORY<\/h3>\n

In 1825, Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue, auxiliary bishop of Qu\u00e9bec residing in Montr\u00e9al, founded a school of theology which he housed in the bishopric. His successor, the second bishop of the new diocese of Montr\u00e9al established in 1836, Bishop Ignace Bourget, decided in 1840 to entrust this institution to Saint Sulpice, which then became the Major Seminary of Montr\u00e9al. To this end, he signed a concordat concerning the training of priests with Fr. Joseph-Vincent Quiblier, superior of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice. <\/p>\n

Under the direction of Fr. Pierre-Louis Billaud\u00e8le, the Major Seminary was first established in the east wing of the former Coll\u00e8ge de Montr\u00e9al building located on St. Paul Street West near McGill Street. In November 1840, it welcomed 19 seminarians: 11 from the diocese of Montr\u00e9al, 5 from Kingston, 2 from Boston and 1 with no known diocese. In November 1842, there were 40 seminarians and in the following years, around 50 students. In 1857, the House occupied a new building constructed on Sherbrooke Street West, on the site of Fort de la Montagne.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>