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THE MOST REV. CHRISTIAN LÉPINE

The Most Rev. Christian Lépine
Archbishop of Montreal

Birth: September 18, 1951
Priesthood: September 7, 1983
Episcopate: September 10, 2011
Archbishop of Montreal: March 20, 2012

Archbishop Lépine has had many years of
experience as a pastor and teacher.

Ordained a priest in 1983, at Saint-André-Apôtre
Parish, he began his priestly ministry at
Saint-Joseph-de-Mont-Royal before departing for
Rome to study philosophy at the Gregorian
University from 1986 to 1989.

Upon his return to Montreal, he was appointed
parish assistant at Notre-Dame-des-Neiges and
pastor of Saint-Joseph-de-Mont-Royal. He
ministered there until 1996, when he became the
director of Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte's
secretariat.

In 1998, he was called to Rome, where he worked for the Secretary of State and then for the Congregation for
Divine Worship. In 2000, he returned to Montreal and was appointed director of the Grand Séminaire de
Montréal, a mandate that he fulfilled up until 2006. From 2006 to 2012, he was pastor of Purification de la
Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie and Notre-Dame-des-Champs parishes. Throughout his various activities,
Most Rev. Lépine taught philosophy and theology for some twenty years at the Grand Séminaire de
Montréal.

Ordained a bishop on September 10, 2011 by Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, he was appointed Episcopal
Vicar to Family and Youth as well as Director of the Pastoral Liturgy Service. Finally, on March 20, 2012,
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him archbishop of Montreal.

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 6