Grand Séminaire de Montréal

The Grand séminaire de Montréal ("Major Seminary of Montreal") is the centre for priestly formation of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal.

Grand Séminaire de Montréal
MottoIn Dilectione et Scientia
TypePublic
Established1967
Location
Montreal
,
Quebec
,
Canada
WebsiteGrand séminaire de Montréal

History

The institution was founded by the Sulpicians in 1840 at the request of the then-Bishop of Montreal, Ignace Bourget. In 1878, a branch of Université Laval's Faculty of Theology was established in the Seminary. This academic partnership was transferred to the Université de Montréal in 1967. In 2020, the seminary moved from the historic building on Sherbrooke St. W. where it had operated since 1857, and its academic programs are now offered in partnership with the Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences of Laval University.

Organ

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Seminary, an organ in the French classical style, was built in the chapel, thanks to an anonymous donation: the instrument cost C$450,000. The windchests can be actioned either manually or electrically. Built by Guilbault-Thérien, the organ's construction was strictly based on the writings and descriptions of Dom Bédos and François-Henri Clicquot. The organ has 39 stops spread over five divisions (four manuals and pedals), including mixtures which are essentially the same as those of the instrument by Clicquot in the Poitiers Cathedral, for a total of 63 ranks and just over 2800 pipes. The instrument is enclosed in a gold leaf-decorated solid oak case. The instrument's formal inauguration was held on November 7 1990 by Pierre Grandmaison.[1][2]

The chapel previously had a tubular-pneumatic instrument, which had been installed in 1907, and later electrified and renovated in 1938 by Casavant Frères (opus 1596), before being subsequently expanded in 1958, and in 1964.[1]

Notable alumni
  • Front entrance
  • Front courtyard

References
  1. "Chapelle du Grand Séminaire de Montréal". www.musiqueorguequebec.ca. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. "Chapelle du Grand Séminaire, Montréal (Québec)". Guilbault-Thérien. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. "Death of Rev. John P. Brennan". The Boston Globe. August 19, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved September 20, 2019.


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