Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Diocese of Joliette

Dioecesis Ioliettensis
Logo of the Diocese
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Montreal
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics

285,500[1]
257,420[1] (90.2%)
Parishes23
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 January 1904
CathedralSt. Charles Borromeo Cathedral, Joliette
Secular priests45
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLouis Corriveau
Website
diocesedejoliette.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette (Latin: Dioecesis Ioliettensis) (erected 27 January 1904) is a suffragan in Joliette of the Archdiocese of Montréal.

Gallery

  • Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral
    Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral
  • Interior of the Cathedral
    Interior of the Cathedral
  • Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral in 1900
    Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral in 1900

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • 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

  • Édouard Jetté (1948-1968)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Vital Massé, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec in 1993

External links and references

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Joliette.
  1. ^ a b Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2017 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017), 336.

Bibliography

  • Diocese of Joliette site (in French)
  • "Diocese of Joliette". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
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