Alain Faubert

Alain Faubert (born 4 April 1965) is a Canadian bishop of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield since 2024 and previously as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Montreal from 2016 to 2024

Faubert is one of the Canadian bishop delegates at the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality.

Biography Alain Faubert was born on 4 April 1965 in Montréal.

He studied at Collège Marie-Victorin and the Major Seminary of Montréal. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Montreal on 9 June 1995 in the Church of St. Pius X in Laval. After serving as parish vicar of Saint-Urbain and Sainte-Dorothée from 1995 to 2000, he studied theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris for three years. He returned to Saint-Germain d'Outremont in Montreal serving as vicar from 2003 and pastor from 2011 to 2014.

Local observers were therefore surprised to see Faubert promoted to a more significant role a few years later, One member of the archdiocesan priests' council viewed it as Rome's "disavowal" of Lépine's reorganization of the administration of the Archdiocese, which some priests had criticized in a letter to the apostolic nuncio to Canada. He thought the Archdiocese was in a critical state and needed Faubert's communication skills. A former vicar general praised Faubert's nomination for its potential to unify communities that feel distant from their bishop. A seminary teacher thought Faubert's expertise in ecclesiology suited Montreal's need to transform itself into a missionary church with greater lay responsibility. The mayor of Montreal Denis Coderre attended and called Faubert "a breath of fresh air". In August Lépine named his two auxiliaries vicars general, giving Faubert responsibility "for co-ordinating all the pastoral and missionary activities carried out within the diocese", effective 1 September.

While an auxiliary, Faubert participated in the work of the Conseil Communautés et Ministères of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec and the National Commission for Christian Unity, Religious Relations with the Jews, and Interreligious Dialogue of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. He became a member of the Francophone Episcopal Commission for Liturgy and Sacraments in 2023. He was installed on 28 November.

Faubert was a delegate elected by the Canadian bishops to participate in the Synod on Synodality in October 2024. On 23 October 2024, the Synod of Bishops elected Faubert a member of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod.

He has walked portions of the Camino to Santiago de Campostela on several occasions.