CHAPTER XXIV

RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

EARLY CHAPELS AND CHURCHES--THE FIRST PARISH CHURCH--OTHER CHURCHES STANDING AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL--NOTRE DAME DE VICTOIRE--- NOTRE DAME OF PITIE--THE “RECOLLET”--THE PRESENT NOTRE DAME CHURCH--ERECTION AND OPENING--THE “OLD AND NEW”--THE TOWERS AND BELLS--THE ECCLESIASTICAL DIOCESE OF QUEBEC--THE BISHOPS OF MONTREAL--THE DIVISION OF THE CITY INTO PARISHES--THE CHURCHES AND “RELIGIOUS”--ENGLISH-SPEAKING CATHOLICS--ST. PATRICK’S, IRISH NATIONAL CHURCH, ETC. NOTE: THE “RELIGIOUS” COMMUNITIES OF MEN AND WOMEN 251