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Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette (Latin: Dioecesis Ioliettensis) (erected 27 January 1904) is a suffragan in Joliette of the Archdiocese of Montréal.
Diocese of Joliette Dioecesis Ioliettensis | |
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Logo of the Diocese | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Montreal |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics | 285,500[1] 257,420[1] (90.2%) |
| Parishes | 23 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 27 January 1904 |
| Cathedral | St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral, Joliette |
| Secular priests | 45 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Louis Corriveau |
| Website | |
| diocesedejoliette.org | |
Gallery edit
- Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral
- Interior of the Cathedral
- Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral in 1900
Bishops edit
Ordinaries edit
- Joseph Alfred Archambault (1904–1913)
- Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes (1913–1928), appointed Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
- Joseph Arthur Papineau (1928–1968)
- René Audet (1968–1990)
- Gilles Lussier (1991–2015)
- Raymond Poisson (2015-2018), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec
- Louis Corriveau (2019-)
Auxiliary bishop edit
- Édouard Jetté (1948-1968)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop edit
- Vital Massé, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec in 1993
External links and references edit
Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Joliette.
Bibliography edit
- Diocese of Joliette site (in French)
- "Diocese of Joliette". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
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